Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik won
the Russia Grand Sand Master Cup 2026
¨
Indian sand artist
Sudarsan Pattnaik won the Russia Grand Sand Master Cup 2026.
¨
He became the first
Indian to receive this award.
¨ The award was presented
at the II International Festival of Sand Sculpture in Russia’s Kaliningrad
Region.
¨
Pattnaik is a renowned
Indian sand artist and a recipient of the Padma Shri.
¨ The festival began on 11
June 2026 and featured 12 sand sculptors from different countries.
¨ His winning entry was a 3-metre-tall sand sculpture on climate change and global warming.
¨ The sculpture depicted two faces of the Earth—one representing environmental degradation and the other afforestation and sustainable living.
