{"id":53954,"date":"2025-10-29T17:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/?p=53954"},"modified":"2025-10-29T17:03:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:03:02","slug":"odisha-showcases-maritime-heritage-through-sand-art-at-india-maritime-week-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2025\/10\/29\/odisha-showcases-maritime-heritage-through-sand-art-at-india-maritime-week-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Odisha Showcases Maritime Heritage through Sand Art at India Maritime Week 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hon\u2019ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Appreciates Artwork; Greets with \u201cJai Jagannath\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mumbai\/ Bhubaneswar,27\/10\/2025( Odisha Samachar\/Rajat Mohapatra )-Odisha\u2019s glorious maritime heritage found a creative expression at the India Maritime Week 2025 in Mumbai, where renowned sand artist Padmashri Sudarsan pattanaik presented an impressive sand art installation on behalf of the Commerce &amp; Transport Department, Government of Odisha.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53955 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Munbai-1-300x236.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Munbai-1-300x236.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Munbai-1.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Padmashri Pattanaik had the proud and memorable opportunity to meet the Hon\u2019ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi Ji, who greeted him warmly with \u201cJai Jagannath\u201d \u2014 a gesture that beautifully echoed the spiritual and cultural identity of Odisha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The artist presented to the Hon\u2019ble Prime Minister his sand art inspired by Bali Jatra \u2014 a tribute to Odisha\u2019s ancient maritime legacy and historic trade links with Indonesia. He also shared the significance of Kartik Purnima, the sacred day when seafarers from ancient Odisha set sail on overseas voyages symbolising courage, devotion, and exploration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Hon\u2019ble Prime Minister appreciated the artwork and its profound depiction of India\u2019s maritime heritage. The large installation, measuring 30 feet in length and 10 feet in width, was created at the Odisha Pavilion during the event to celebrate the enduring bond between oceans and civilization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53956 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mumbai-2-300x190.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mumbai-2-300x190.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mumbai-2.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cIt was a distinct honour to represent my State and the Commerce &amp; Transport Department at this prestigious event. Sand art is a timeless medium that connects our glorious past with the aspirations of a resurgent maritime India,\u201d said Padmasri Sudarshan. Pattanaik.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hon\u2019ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Appreciates Artwork; Greets with \u201cJai Jagannath\u201d Mumbai\/ Bhubaneswar,27\/10\/2025( Odisha Samachar\/Rajat Mohapatra )-Odisha\u2019s glorious maritime heritage found a creative expression at the India Maritime Week 2025 in Mumbai, where renowned sand artist Padmashri Sudarsan pattanaik presented an impressive sand art installation on behalf of the Commerce &amp; Transport Department, Government &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53957,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53954\/revisions\/53957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}