One of the main attractions of a sandy beach, especially for children, is playing with the sand, as it presents more possibilities than an ordinary sandbox. One can make a mountain, a pit (encountering clay or the water table), canals, tunnels, bridges, a sculpture (representing a person, animal, etc., like a statue, or a scale model of a building), and many other things. Burying someone up to his/her neck in sand, or burying oneself, is another popular beach activity.

Sand art is the practice of modelling sand into an artistic form, such as a sand brushing, sand sculpture, sandpainting, or sand bottles. A sand castle is a type of sand sculpture resembling a miniature building, often a castle. The two basic building ingredients, sand and water, are available in abundance on a sandy beach, so most sand play takes place there, or in a sandpit. Tidal beaches generally have sand that limits height and structure because of the shape of the sand grains. Good sand sculpture sand is somewhat dirty, having silt and clay that helps lock the irregular shaped sand grains together. Sand castles are typically made by children, simply for the fun of it, but there are also sand sculpture contests for adults that involve large, complex constructions.

Shovels and buckets are the main construction tool used in creating sand castles and sand sculptures, although some people use only their hands. Water from the sea to mix with the sand can be brought to the building site with a bucket or other container. Sometimes other materials, such as pieces of wood, are added to reinforce structures.
Sand sculpting as an art form has become very popular in recent years especially in coastal beach areas. Hundreds of annual competitions are held all over the world.

Odisha, formerly known as Orissa in the South - East coast of India by the Bay of Bengal is famous for its beautiful beaches. Beaches in Odisha can truly engulf you in a holiday spirit. Puri is one such beach with its exquisite white sands, roar of the breakers rolling in from the Bay of Bengal and countless devotees flocking the place for a purification dip. The beach has continued to be a sacred venue for an endless number of pilgrims coming to pay homage to Lord Jagannath.

Source: Wikipedia & www.orissatourism.org

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