India's M.N. Gowri Has Opened a Museum of Sand & Water Sculptures

THE HINDU
ByShankar Bennur

INTRICATE ART: M.N. Gowri shows off her sand sculpture on Dasara at the
Mysore Sand Sculpture Museum in Mysore on Tuesday. PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM 

INDIA---It was a dream come true for M.N. Gowri, a young artist, when she recently opened her museum of sand sculptures in Mysore. It has now become a tourism attraction. Using 115 truckloads of construction sand, Ms. Gowri, a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) graduate, has created 150 sculptures on 16 themes in a 13,500 sq ft area on the Chamundi Hills main road here. Ms. Gowri took about four months to create the sculptures, which primarily focus on the heritage of Mysore, religion and wildlife, besides an exclusive creation for children. [link]