World No Tobacco Day: Sand Artist Sundarsan Pattnaik Makes Thought Provoking Sculpture In Odisha
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Sundarsan Pattnaik on a beach in Odisha has created a large skeleton that is resting on many large cigarette butts.
World No Tobacco Day is celebrated every year on May 31 to highlight the harmful and deadly effects of consuming tobacco products. India's most famous sand artist who also is a Padma Shri awardee has made an incredibly intricate and thought provoking sand sculpture to warn people about harmful effects of tobacco. On the occasion of #WorldNoTobaccoDay. My SandArt at Puri beach in Odisha, IndiaSay #NoTobacco ???? pic.twitter.com/285x6nTL3M #WorldNoTobaccoDay!Tobacco is killing us & our ????.My awareness SandArt at Puri beach in India. #SayNoToTobacco . pic.twitter.com/2Y4ab6K4Ec
Sundarsan Pattnaik on a beach in Odisha has created a large skeleton that is resting on many large cigarette butts. He posted the image on Twitter with the caption, “On the occasion of #WorldNoTobaccoDay. My SandArt at Puri beach in Odisha, India Say #NoTobacco."
The post has received a lot of attention on social media with it being retweeted more than 4,000 times along with having over 35,000 likes. The artist also posted a video of the entire sculpture where you can see how large and intricate the design is.
