Hundred feet long Sand Santa Claus on Puri beach

Internationally acclaimed sand sculptor Sudarshan Pattnaik and his team created a hundred feet long sand sculpture of Santa Claus on Puri Beach in Orissa.

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The Hindu reports

Pattnaik said that about 1000 tonne of sand was used for the sculpture --- 100 feet long, 30 feet wide and 15 feet high --- which took 40 hours of nonstop work to create.

"We set out yesterday (22^nd December) with the aim of completing the sculpture in 50 hours, but we have been able to nearly complete it in 40 hours," Pattnaik said.