Puri, May 25: Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a sculpture using 500 kg of mangoes at Puri beach, with an appeal to voters to exercise their franchise in the ongoing elections. Pattnaik created the sculpture on a 2,000 sq ft area with texts on sand that reads ‘Chunav ka Parv Desh ka Garv' and ‘Your Vote Your Voice'. Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 6: Voting Underway in 58 LS Constituencies in Eight States, UTs; 42 Assembly Seats in Odisha (Watch Videos)

Polling for six parliamentary constituencies and 42 assembly segments in Odisha are underway in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections. Pattnaik said the sand art took around five hours to complete with help from students of his institute. Odisha Elections 2024: Polling Begins for Six Lok Sabha Constituencies, 42 Assembly Seats in State Amid Tight Security Arrangements

Sculpture with 500-kg Mangoes to Create Awareness on Voting

“This is summer time and mangoes are the favourite of all, so to appeal to electors to vote tomorrow, we used mangoes in our sculpture,” he said on Friday.