Earlier this week on Thursday, the United Kingdom’s longest-serving monarch handed away on the age of 96 years. Leaders and celebrities internationally expressed their condolences on the Queen’s loss of life.
On Friday, Sudarsan Pattnaik and Manas Sahoo, fashionable sand artists from India, made sand sculptures of Queen Elizabeth.
Whereas tweeting an image of his newest creation, Pattnaik wrote, “Heartfelt Tribute to Her Majesty #QueenElizabeth II , the world has misplaced an important character. My SandArt with set up of 740 roses at Puri seashore in India.” Manas Sahoo additionally shared the image of Queen’s sand sculpture made on the Puri seashore on Twitter.
Regardless of their masterful creations, the netizens have been divided over the selection of topic. Whereas many appreciated the sand artists for his or her work, a number of others critiqued them for paying tribute to the Queen of the UK as they noticed her as a image of the oppressive colonial rule in India.
Heartfelt Tribute to Her Majesty #QueenElizabeth II , the world has misplaced an important character. My SandArt with set up of 740 roses at Puri seashore in India. pic.twitter.com/jcbUImGQmq
— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) September 9, 2022
My heartfelt tribute to Her majesty Queen Elizabeth II via my #Sandart at #Puri #Beach #Odisha #QueenElizabethIIMemorial #Queen #QueenElisabeth pic.twitter.com/5OYN2tEJyp
— Manas sahoo (@SandArtistManas) September 9, 2022
Few neglect that she dominated us and exploited 😂🤦🏻♀️and in addition bankrupted nonetheless we Indians are holding nice satisfaction for her it’s okay to point out condolences on somebodies demise however right here we’re over doing
— Soulful-sudz (@queenieheart07) September 10, 2022
Such a disgrace…these Brits robbed us…lacs of freedom fighters gave their life to drive out the British and we r doing all these nonsense right here in India
— Tamoghna (@Tamoghn31136227) September 10, 2022
So superb! So heartfelt! As regular my pricey good friend you’ve created an ideal tribute!
— Bob Lancia (@BobLancia) September 10, 2022
Silently little we do realise that many nonetheless bows to the british even after figuring out every thing/one thing abt the British Raj.
Britishers by no means felt unhealthy for his or her deeds in the course of the period nor they did one thing to point out repentance.— Amit Sprint (@AmitKumarDash_) September 10, 2022
Undesirable!
— Manish Gogoi (@Gogoi9Manish) September 10, 2022
I’m large fan of yours, i’ve an objection for the phrase “her majesty” don’t neglect we’re born free.
— Saurabh Sinha (@saurabh30579220) September 10, 2022
Sudarshan ji ,your artwork is love & revered the world over,however you have to verify whom you’re giving tribute too.Its a disgrace & utter disrespect to our freedom fighters.
— NITIN (@NitinSocool) September 10, 2022
— Digital_Universe (@Rahul_Mahajan__) September 9, 2022
Appreciating Pattnaik’s sand artwork, a Twitter consumer wrote, “So superb! So heartfelt! As regular my pricey good friend you’ve created an ideal tribute!”. One other particular person remarked, “Thanks sir – that is actually a lovely tribute. I hope @RoyalFamily will see. cc. @royalfocus1”. [sic]
Nevertheless, expressing an reverse standpoint a Twitter consumer commented, “Few neglect that she dominated us and exploited and in addition bankrupted nonetheless we Indians are holding nice satisfaction for her it’s okay to point out condolences on somebodies demise however right here we’re over doing”. [sic]
Asserting the identical sentiment, one other particular person wrote, “Sudarshan ji ,your artwork is love & revered the world over,however you have to verify whom you’re giving tribute too.Its a disgrace & utter disrespect to our freedom fighters.” [sic]