Modi Congratulates Sudarsan Pattnaik For Win At Moscow

BHUBANESWAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik for winning gold medal at ninth Moscow Sand Sculpture Championship 2016.

“Honoured to be congratulated by PM Shri @narendramodi on my Moscow achievement. Thank you Sir for your encouragement,” Pattnaik tweeted.

Honoured to be congratulated by PM Shri @narendramodi on my Moscow achievement. Thank you Sir for your encouragement pic.twitter.com/bYmxlUf2ia

— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) April 29, 2016

“Today honourable prime minister @narendramodi Ji congratulated me at Parliament. For winning Moscow SandArt championship,” said the sand artist from Odisha.

Sudarsan won the championship for his sand art on “Mahatma Gandhi – World Peace”.

About 20 sand artists from different countries around the world participated in the championship. The championship event was held from 21-27 April at Moscow.