Noted sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has set a new World Record by creating 1,000 sculptures Santa Claus at the Puri beach on the occasion of the Christmas, confirmed the limca Book of Records on Sunday.
Pattnaik has broken the earlier world record set by him in 2012 when he had created 500 sand Santa Clauses. Notably, he had also scripted a history by creating 100 Santa Clauses in 2009.
Pattnaik created the 1,000 Santa Clauses with a message “Bring Happiness to the World” along with 35 of students of his Sudarsan Sand Art Institute.
He worked on the sculptures for four days and created the record-breaking art out of 1,000 tonnes of sand.
The sculptures are on exhibit till January 1.