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RUSSIA---India's noted sand artist
Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the "Moscow choice prize" in Russia with a 12 feet creation of the Hindu elephant god Ganesha, who he says is a symbol of world peace. "Nowadays, violence has increased in every part of the globe so I created Lord Ganesha for world peace," the Odisha artist told IANS from Moscow. The world sand art championship 2013 was held at Moscow's Kolomenskoe Museum Reserve from April 22-28. The prize distribution ceremony was held Sunday evening. [
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