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Odisha Sand Art Festival: From Dates To Venue, Here’s All You Need To Know

by Shreya Ghosh
Odisha Sand Art Festival: From Dates To Venue, Here’s All You Need To Know

Odisha is known all around for offering amazing travel experiences. Be it Puri’s religious tourism or the beautiful beaches in several parts of the state, a huge number of travel enthusiasts visit this state every year. One of Odisha’s most iconic celebrations that many of us wait for is the Sand Art Festival. The state is getting ready to host the festival soon and here’s all you need to know about it.

Here Are All The Updates Of Odisha Sand Art Festival:

Taking to the X (formerly Twitter) platform, Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) shared a splendid sand art for the grand festival of Western Odisha at Puri Beach.

The exquisite craftsmanship of artists and their creativity with sand is such a surreal thing to witness. Every presentation looks like something so surreal and unreal. We all know how it is impossible to hold sand inside our fists due to its texture. But with proper creativity, skilled people can use the granules and create something so elegant and blissful to take a look at.

  • International Sand Art Festival 2023 is scheduled to take place from December 1 to December 5, 2023.
  • The venue of this glorious event is Konark’s Chandrabhaga Beach.
  • The year 2023 marks the 13th edition of the event.
  • The Odisha Tourism Department is organising this incredible event in partnership with Sudarsan Pattnaik. Sudarsan Pattnaik is a remarkably famous sand artist. He has also won the Padmashree Award.
  • Participants can only use sea beach sand to curate the beautiful art pieces in this festival.

Art has such stunning forms. There is creativity hidden in different aspects and things all around us. If you are enthusiastic about such magnificent art forms and their expressions, you definitely need to be in Konark during the Sand Art Festival. The beautiful fusion of art in spectacular natural landscapes will steal your heart.

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Interested Participants Can Start Applying For The Festival Starting This December

Ajay Rawat Sand Artist (@sandartistajay) took to the X (formerly Twitter) platform to share some sneak peeks of his sand art at the International Sand Art Festival from the year 2019.

Odisha Tourism has already shared all the details for the interested ones willing to take part in this innovative festival at Chandrabhaga Beach. Everyone needs to submit pictures of their work and profile. You can head to the official website for all the rules and regulations mentioned for the participants.

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Around 70 artists from different places in India visit Odisha to participate in the festival. In fact, around 10 people from international places reach the state for participation, according to a report by Native Planet. A brilliant part about attending the festival is that you can have a conversation with the artists, get to know some fascinating insights into the art form, and also understand the stories hidden behind their presentations.

Locals of Odisha, are you attending the much-await Sand Art Festival? Also, if you are not from the state and planning to visit there during the first week of December, make sure to add this beautiful experience to your itinerary.

Cover Image Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

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First Published: October 29, 2023 5:10 PM