
Sudarsan Pattnaik becomes first Indian to win UK’s Fred Darrington Sand Master Award
NEW DELHI: With waves crashing behind him and a 10-foot sculpture of Lord Ganesha rising from the sand, Sudarsan Pattnaik made history on the shores of southern England. The world-renowned Indian sand artist was honoured with the Fred Darrington Sand Master Award at the Sandworld 2025 International Sand Art Festival in Weymouth, Dorset — becoming…