"We all know the third wave of COVID-19 already started almost all over the World, so we created this sculpture where Santa is spreading a message of following COVID guidelines," said Sudarsan, a Padma Shri awardee.#MerryChristmas???? My Biggest Sand with rose installation Art of 50ft long and 28ft wide #SantaClaus by using 5400 roses, at Puri beach in Odisha.Hope this will set a new world record. pic.twitter.com/jQeQIyXuw0 — Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) December 25, 2021
"I hope this will set a new record in the record book," he said. Sudarsan's sand sculptures on COVID-19 was appreciated by World Health Organisation (WHO).