COVID-19: Sudarsan Pattnaik to auction his sand art paintings to raise funds for PM Cares

Internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has decided to auction five of his masterpiece sand-art-on-canvas paintings to raise money for PM Cares Fund to support fight against deadly COVID-19 infection. 

Pattnaik took to Twitter on Tuesday, April 14 and anunced that he had decided to exhibit his artwork for sale to raise funds for coronavirus relief programs. “ funds would be given to Shri Narendra Modi’s PM Care and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s relief funds”, he wrote with a hashtag #IndiaFightsCorona. 

tweet, which contained video clips of his artwork, was ackwledged by netizens who called Pattnaik “a real hero”. With nearly 3.8k views, foot compiled an illustration of five of his best sand arts to date. work on display for auction comprises Beauty on Stone, Our Thought for Environment, Sea King, Sleeping Beauty, and Universal Peace sand art paintings. 

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Here are some netizen's reactions to post:

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Globally ackwledged

Over a month ago, Sudarsan Pattnaik was globally applauded for his sand sculpture expressing solidarity with China that was hit-hard with coronavirus outbreak. He created a sand sculpture at Puri Beach in Orissa with a heartfelt mess, “Fight against Coronavirus, we stand with China". 

Chinese Ambassador, Sun Weidong and Director-General of World Health Organisation Tedros Adham Ghebreyesus were among many who lauded Pattnaik’s gesture and his brilliant talent. Chinese Ambassador Weidong tweeted Pattnaik’s art on his official handle, saying,  "Appreciate this mess". 

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