Puri, Dec 9: Noted sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has paid homage to Chief of Defence Staff(CDS),General Bipin Rawat on Thursday.

With a sand art carved at the Puri beach, Pattnaik sketched the lively model of Late Rawat and offered due adieu to the great soul.

Worth mentioning, General Rawat, his wife along with 11 Military Officers of Indian Army and Indian Air Force demised due to a Chopper crash in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor area on Wednesday.