Sudarsan Pattnaik pays homage to CRPF soldiers who died in Pulwama attack

Odisha sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created sand art to pay his tributes to 40 CRPF soldiers who died in the Pulwama attack in 2019.

On this day in 2019, 40 CRPF personnel lost their lives after a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the convoy carrying them in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. On the Pulwama attack’s fourth anniversary, tributes are pouring in from all corners of the country for our fallen heroes. Odisha sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik too paid respect to the martyred CRPF soldiers through his sand art.

Sudarsan Pattnaik paid tribute with his sand art on the Pulwama terror attack's fourth anniversary. (Twitter/@sudarsansand)

“Tribute to the martyrs of Pulwama!!” wrote sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik while sharing his sand art on Twitter. Alongside, he posted a folded hand emoticon and the hashtag #NeverForgetNeverForgive. Pattnaik’s sand art shows two children paying tribute to fallen braves by laying flowers at Amar Jawan Jyoti. The text below the sand art reads, “Salutes our martyrs of Pulwama attack. ”

Take a look at his sand art here:

Since being shared a few hours ago, the tweet has raked up more than 13,500 views and the numbers are quickly increasing. The share has also received over 1,300 likes and a flurry of responses.

Here’s how Tweeple reacted to the post:

“Thanks for paying tribute to martyrs,” posted an individual with two folded hand emoticons. “#PulwamaAttack we will never forget,” wrote another. Many also wrote ‘Jai Hind’ and dropped folded hand emoticons to pay their respects.