Sudarsan Pattnaik welcomed Wing Commander Abhinandan with stunning sand art

Padma Shree awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik paid tribute to the Wing Commander Abhinandan with a stunning sand art work at Puri beach in Odisha.

Earlier, On February 28 Sudharsan has etched a sand art in honour of IAF pilot Abhinandan on sand and wrote "Salute to Our Brave Hero Abhinandan", alongside it.

Now, Sudarsan Pattnaik shared a photograph in twitter. An image of Abhinandan can be seen carved out on sand with the words "Welcome Home Abhinandan" written beside i and a flying fighter jet was also present in the art piece.

He tweeted with an image, "Welcome back Abhinandan. My sand art with message Salute to our brave Hero at Puri beach, Odisha".

Talking to ANI, the renowned sand artist said, "We welcome Abhinandan with our sand art. It took me and my students' two tonnes of sand to create the sculpture".