Famed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik uses 250 coconuts in sand art of Bhagwan Jagannath at Puri beach
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Puri, June 20: Famed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has to commemorate the auspicious occasion of the commencement of the Rath Yatra festival in Odisha's Puri has created art on the Puri beach. He has created a 6ft high sand sculpture of Bhagwan Jagannath, Bhagwan Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra and three chariots with the installation of 250 coconuts.
In his sculpture, Pattnaik depicts the story of Dasia Bauri, a devotee of Mahaprabhu Jagannath. Dasia Bauri was a non-brahmin and not allowed into the Shree Mandir but when he offered coconut, which was accepted by the Mahaprabhu.
Pattnaik used about 5 tons of sand in the sculpture. Students of his sand art school joined hands with him to complete this sculpture. Every year Sudarsan creates different sand sculptures on Ratha Yatra like 3D sand art, Balaram Das's Bali Ratha etc.
Jai Jagannath…🙏
— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) June 20, 2023
On the auspicious occasion of the #RathaYatra, My sand art with installations of 250 coconuts at #Puri beach in Odisha . My daughter Saanvi’s song on #RathaJatra . https://t.co/A5LMMVya8E pic.twitter.com/hYhe4nV2tt
Earlier, Bhubaneswar-based miniature artist, L Eswar Rao, curated eco-friendly chariots of the holy trinity Bhagwan Jagannath, Devi Subhadra and Lord Balabhadra using papers and decorative stars ahead of the world-famous Rath Yatra.
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The deities sitting inside the holy chariots have been made out of neem wood, and completed in 15 days. The chariots are 9 inches tall from bottom to top. Speaking to ANI, the artist L Eswar Rao said, "To mark this year's Rath Yatra, I decided to craft miniature models of chariots of Bhagwan Jagannath, Devi Subhadra and Bhagwan Balabhadra using papers."
"It took me fifteen days to complete them by decorative stars. I used neem wood to make the deities", L Eswar Rao added.
Rath Yatra is celebrated on the second day of the two-week-long Ashadha month of the Hindu calendar and this year, it takes place on June 20.
Rath Yatra is one of the famous Hindu festivals celebrated across the world. The Yatra is associated with Lord Jagannath at Shri Kshetra Puri Dham in Odisha.
Its history is also depicted in Hindu scriptures like Brahma Purana, Padma Purana, Skanda Purana and Kapila Samhita.
