Sudarsan Pattnaik creates sand sculpture on Chandrayaan-3 using 500 steel bowls at Puri beach

Puri: Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created sand art on Chandrayaan 3 with installation of 500 steel bowls with a message "Bijayee Bhava", at Puri beach in Odisha.

Pattnaik has created 22 feet long sand art of Chandrayaan -3. He used 15 tons of sand in it. Students of his sand art school join hands with him.

The Indian Space Research Organisation's third lunar exploration mission, Chandrayaan-3, is set to be launched on July 14.

Best wishes to team @isro for success of #Chandrayan3 mission. My SandArt installation with 500 steel bowls with a message "Vijayee Bhava", at Puri Beach in Odisha. pic.twitter.com/2aPy8uXgOy

— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) July 14, 2023

Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface. It consists of Lander and Rover configuration.

So far Sudarsan has participated in more than 65 International sand art competitions and festivals in the World and won many prizes for our country. (UNI)