Bhubaneswar: Internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik and his students set a new record in the Limca Book of records by creating 1000 Santa Claus sculptures at the Puri beach on the eve of Chrismas.
Pattnaik on Sunday said the Senior Editor of Limca Book of Records, Arthy Muthanna Sindh had congratulated him on the feat through an e-mail communication and has confirmed it as a world record that would feature in Limca Book of Records.
The Santa festival started at Puri on Saturday evening and will continue till January 1, he said.
With 1,000 Santa Clauses, Sudarsan was eyeing to break his 2012 Limca Book record of sculpturing 500 sand Santa Clauses. Sudarsan said it took him and his team of 35 students from his sand art school four days and about 1,000 tons of sand to carve thousand sand Santa Clauses.
"I am extremely happy it has become a record to find a place in the Limca Book of Records," said Sudarsan.
He said he wanted to create awareness about global happiness through sand Santas.
