Artwork with rice grains creates awareness on 100 % voting in Coimbatore
The Hindu
Artwork promoting 100% voting in Lok Sabha polls using rice grains and dhal displayed in Coimbatore Collectorate.
An artwork made with rice grains and dhal to create awareness on 100 percent voting in the Lok Sabha polls on April 19 is on display at the Coimbatore Collectorate.
According to the sources, it took nearly 35 hours for the artist, M. Manoharan, to create the artwork depicting Indian map and a hand with indelible ink. While Indian map was made using 13,000 rice grains, and dhal, the hand was created using 1,700 rice grains. On each grain, the artist has inscribed 100 per cent vote, and it could be seen only with a magnifying lens.
The artwork drew appreciation from the District Election Officer and Collector, Kranthi Kumar Pati.
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