Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Dec. 26 (UPI) -- An artist used sand and 10,000 plastic bottles to create a 30-foot-tall Santa Claus sculpture on a beach in India. Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik spent two days crafting the likeness of Kris Kringle on Puri beach in Odisha in part to raise awareness of the impact of plastic pollution on the environment. Advertisement The sculpture, which also included 882 tons of sand, features the messages "#ReadyForChange" and "#BeatPlasticPollution." Pattnaik said he is hoping to get the sculpture listed in the Limca Book of Records. Read More Store seeks Guinness record with 3,462-pound cheese sculpture Baking meets sculpting at National Gingerbread House Competition Canned goods become art exhibits in New York