<p>Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a six-feet sand sculpture using 2000 mud diyas on Puri sea beach for the G20 Summit to be held on Setember 9 and 10 in New Delhi.</p>.<p>The work has a sand sculpture of the US President Joe Biden and a logo of G20 with the message 'Welcome to Bharat'.</p>.<p>About five tonnes of sand was used in the sculpture and students of Pattnaik's Sand Art Institute joined hands to complete it, said the artiste.</p>.Biden doubles down on emerging markets as Xi snubs G20.<p>"It was our culture to welcome guests with diya arti. So I have created this sculpture by using diyas to welcome the US president,” he said.</p>.<p>Pattnaik had created another sand sculpture of Biden when he won the presidential election in November 2020.</p>.<p>A Padma awardee, he has participated in more than 65 international sand art competitions and festivals around the globe and has won many prizes for the country.</p>
<p>Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a six-feet sand sculpture using 2000 mud diyas on Puri sea beach for the G20 Summit to be held on Setember 9 and 10 in New Delhi.</p>.<p>The work has a sand sculpture of the US President Joe Biden and a logo of G20 with the message 'Welcome to Bharat'.</p>.<p>About five tonnes of sand was used in the sculpture and students of Pattnaik's Sand Art Institute joined hands to complete it, said the artiste.</p>.Biden doubles down on emerging markets as Xi snubs G20.<p>"It was our culture to welcome guests with diya arti. So I have created this sculpture by using diyas to welcome the US president,” he said.</p>.<p>Pattnaik had created another sand sculpture of Biden when he won the presidential election in November 2020.</p>.<p>A Padma awardee, he has participated in more than 65 international sand art competitions and festivals around the globe and has won many prizes for the country.</p>