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Sudarsan Pattnaikâ€ creates special sand art to wish nation on Janmashtami

India Blooms News Service | | Aug 14, 2017, at 10:05 pm

#Sudarsan Pattnaikâ€ # Janmashtami

Bhubaneswar, Aug 14 (IBNS): Artist Sudarsan Pattnaikâ€ wished the nation on Hindu festival of Janmashtami by creating a beautiful sand art on the Puri sea beach.

Sudarshan paid tribute to the lord by creating a sand sculpted Krishna.

He shared the image of his creation on Twitter.

He tweeted: "May Lord Krishna with happiness, joy and peace. Happy #Janmashtami to everyone. My SandArt at Puribeach in Odisha."

India is celebrating Janmashtami on Monday.

Image: Sudarshan Pattnaik Twitter page

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