Post date: Dec 25, 2013 12:14:4 PM
Famed Indian sand artiste has erected a 35 feet high sand sculpture of Jesus Christ at the scenic beach of Puri, expecting to set a world record on the Christmas Eve.
PURI, ODISHA, INDIA (DECEMBER 24, 2013) (ANI) - Famed Indian sand artiste on Tuesday (December 24) has erected a 35 feet high sand sculpture of Jesus Christ in the scenic beach of Puri, expecting to set a new world record, this Christmas.
The 75 feet wide sculpture of Jesus was made using at least 1000 tonnes of sand in eastern Odhisa's Puri beach.The internationally acclaimed sand artiste, Sudarshan Patnaik, made this huge statute in just 3 days before the Christmas Eve and was assisted by 25 students.
Patnaik, who holds 7 other records in sand art, said that he had approached the Limca Book of Records this time to break his own record of making 22 feet tall sculpture of Jesus in 2011.
"This is our attempt for creating the eight world record and hence we requested Limca Book of Records to take a note of it. The existing record was of a 22 feet tall Jesus, but we crafted a 35 feet high sand Jesus, this time. Thus, tourists can see the world's biggest sand Jesus here at Puri beach during Christmas," he said.
Meanwhile, tourist from across the world thronged the beach for a glimpse of the marvellous structure.
A European tourist, Annie James, said that she had seen nothing of this sort ever before, anywhere in the world, except for this sculpture.
"I have never seen anything like it in my life, anywhere in the world. It's really special. Puri has a tremendous piece of art here in the beach and I understand that it is something for which Puri is very famous for. So it's wonderful to see this, a tremendous piece of sculpture here in the beach and specially to celebrate the Christmas holiday," she said.
This was Patnaik's gift to the tourists visiting Puri during the ongoing Christmas holidays.
Many westerners and people from the hills or northern India prefer visiting Puri at this time of the year as temperatures remain optimum here.