Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates sculpture with 500-kg mangoes to create awareness on votingPolling for six parliamentary constituencies and 42 assembly segments in Odisha are underway in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections. Pat...
25 May, 2024, 11.17 AM IST
Odisha trip planning: Places to visit, where to stay, what to eat, cost and moreIf, instead of foreign holidays, you prefer to travel within India, here’s a series to help you plan the best vacations in each of the 28 s...
28 Aug, 2023, 12.29 PM IST
"We need to free ourselves from mindset of slavery": Nirmala SitharamanCoinciding with their visit, globally renowned sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik has created his latest artwork depicting the theme 'Meri Maati...
17 Aug, 2023, 02.25 PM IST
We will miss you: Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik pays tribute to Shinzo AbeSudarsan Pattnaik also wrote a heartfelt note remembering Abe as a great friend of India. He stated that the world was going to miss him fo...
09 Jul, 2022, 06.03 PM IST
People from outside Puri allowed to cremate bodies at 'Swargadwar' crematoriumThe restrictions on immersion of ashes at 'Mahodadhi' (sea) have also been withdrawn by the administration following decline in infection r...
16 Aug, 2021, 04.15 PM IST
Puri seer, social outfits oppose Odisha govt's beach shacks plan"Shree Jagannath Dham in Puri is the seat of spiritual and religious soul-searching. Under no circumstances, liquor and other form of alcoh...
30 Jul, 2021, 11.07 AM IST
Puri beach goes litter-free with aid of sand sculptorTourists are happy. “I no longer find garbage, animal carcasses or sewage on the beach,“ said Andreas Philipp, a German tourist, a frequent...
01 Oct, 2017, 11.31 AM IST
Sudarsan Pattnaik falls ill during hunger strike, hospitalisedPattnaik said he had communicated a message to Naveen Pattnaik through Twitter last year drawing his attention towards the rising pollution...
13 Jul, 2017, 01.22 PM IST
Odisha to fix coast erosion though natural processOdisha government said it would check the sea erosion in Puri coast through natural process and avoid constructing any structure on the bea...
17 Aug, 2016, 07.38 PM IST
Sudarsan Pattnaik's 100 sand 'Raths' set new world recordPadma Shri awardee Pattnaik already has 20 world records to his credit. He has been making sand art related to Rath Yatra every year.
06 Jul, 2016, 02.12 PM IST
Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik's sand Santa in Limca Book of World RecordsSudarsan Pattnaik today claimed that the sand Santa Claus he created this Christmas has found a place in Limca Book of World Records.
29 Dec, 2015, 09.09 PM IST
Sudarsan Pattnaik beats 'Mann Ki Baat' & Salman Khan to become the top trend on FacebookThe globetrotting sand sculptor's art of a 45-feet-high Santa Claus on Puri beach was liked over 10 lakh Facebook users.
29 Dec, 2015, 11.41 AM IST
World's 'tallest' sand Santa Claus stands at Puri beachThe team took 22 hours in two days to build up the mammoth structure, which is on display from today evening till January 1.
24 Dec, 2015, 08.29 PM IST
Sand sculpture of former President APJ Abdul Kalam created on his birth anniversaryInternationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a sand sculpture of former president APJ Abdul Kalam on Puri beach.
14 Oct, 2015, 01.47 PM IST
NGT slams Odisha government over shops on Puri beachThe green panel directed Odisha government to hold meetings with the state pollution control board, municipal bodies, water and sewage boar...
04 Oct, 2015, 11.27 AM IST
Head to Puri for a dose of sun, sand, surfing and salvation!Apart from being one of the seven holy cities in India, Puri is inviting tourists for its sheer opulence
07 Aug, 2014, 05.00 AM IST
- Santas spreading climate awareness message on Puri beach
More than a 100 Santas are spreading awareness on climate change on the beach here.
25 Dec, 2009, 09.55 PM IST