Puri: On the eve of Ganesh puja, renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a sand sculpture of Lord Ganesh using 3,425 sand ladoos at the Puri beach in Odisha.
Sudarsan has created a six-feet-high sand sculpture of Lord Ganesh by using the sand ladoos with two elephants, and with a message “Happy Ganesh Puja”. He shows two elephants in his sculpture praying for the environment.
“Every year we do something different in the sand. This year, we try to give a message to save our environment through our sculpture,” said the sand artist.