Moscow:
Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the Gold Medal at the ninth Moscow Sand
Sculpture Championship “The magical world of sand” 2016.
Pattnaik
won the competition for his 15 feet high art work “Mahatma Gandhi’s sculpture
for non-violence and peace”. Post his win, he said: “I am very happy to have
won the title for my country. The director of sand art festival PaveI Minilkov
presented the gold medal and the trophy at the ceremony today. I have tried to
show through my sculpture how Gandhiji’s non-violence concept will bring global
peace around the world.”
After
winning the award, the 39-year-old sand artist called on India’s ambassador in
Russia Pankaj Saran, who congratulated him on his accomplishment.
A
total of 20 top sculptors from different countries competed at the championship,
which was held from April 21 to 27 at Kolomenskoye in Moscow.
Pattnaik
has participated in more than 50 international sand sculpture championships
across the world and won many awards for the country.
In 2008 he won the World champion title
at USF World sand sculpture championship in Berlin. Apart from this he is a
five-time winner of people choice award at Berlin, which is a record. In 2009
Won the Korea sand Sculpture award. In 2010, he won the gold medal for people
choice award at third Moscow World sand sculpture championship. He also won
three medal in North American solo sand sculpture championship, People choice
prize in Canada and Moscow. In 2011, he won the first prize and public prize at
Denmark and also won double medal at Solo International sand art contest in
Mervala 2012. In 2013, he won the first prize (Gold Medal) at Saint Peters Burg
in 12th International sand sculpture competition at Russia, Danish grand prizes
at International Sand competition Championship, Denmark and won Moscow museum
prize at Russia. He has also got the fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri
in 2014.
His
sand sculpture on Black Taj Mahal earned him accolades all over the world. Pattnaik
runs a sand art school at Puri beach in Orissa.
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