Many of us have marveled at art installations that feature marbles quietly and ceaselessly tracing out beautiful patterns in sand ... We’ve seen similar projects before, too.

Rather, he has "random ideas" that he tries to project onto the sand — but the idea is just the start of it, Szabo said. In order to create his sand art, the beach conditions must be just right.

Renowned Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik artworks adorn the venue of the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas which began here on ...