Puri, Jan. 10 -- On the occasion of Somnath Swabhiman Parv, renowned sand artist and Padma Shri awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a sand art installation at Puri Beach on Saturday.
The artwork depicted the sacred chant 'Om Namah Shivaya' along with the message 'Somnath Swabhiman Parv'."The artwork coincided with the conclusion of the Somnath Swabhiman Parv, a four-day festival held from January 8 to 11, at the sacred Somnath Shiva Temple in Gujarat-one of the twelve revered Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva.
The festival commemorates 1,000 years since the first historical attack on the temple in 1026 AD by Mahmud of Ghazni, and 75 years since the reopening of the present temple in 1951, honouring centuries of faith, resilience, and cultural ...