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Odisha sand artist creates Lord Shiva sculpture adorned with 23,000 rudraksha beads
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Dais Newsfeed | 01/03/2022 12:34 PM | Click to read full article
Odisha sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a sculpture of Lord Shiva adorned with 23,436 rudraksha beads on Puri beach on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri.
He erected the nine-foot-high and 18-ft-wide installation on Monday, with the message "we pray for peace" amid the war in Ukraine.