A sand portrait of Santa Claus was created by an Indian sand artist on Sunday at the Bay of Bengal Sea's eastern coast Puri beach, 65 km away from the eastern Indian state Odisha's capital city Bhubaneswar. /VCG Photo

Indian sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik created the portrait for public entertainment and also attempted for a world record on the eve of Christmas celebration at Puri. /VCG Photo

Sudarshan claimed, the Santa face is 25 feet (0.75 meters) high and 50 feet (1.5 meters) wide, has created a world record. He has also created a sand sculpture of Jesus Christ in front of the Santa face. He has used about 600 tons of sand including colored sand. /VCG Photo