Sand Museum, Mysore

Sand Museum, located on the way to Chamundi Hills, is the brainchild of MN Gowri, one of the leading sand sculptors of India. The sand sculpted museum is a permanent museum of sand sculptures, protected from the sun and rain. Created solely with sand and water and a small amount of glue, these sand sculptures captivate with their entrancing beauty. To prevent insects from making crevices in the art works, insecticides are sprayed at regular intervals. The Museum displays around 150 sculptures of sand in 16 different themes, which have been placed over an area of 13500 sq. feet. Depending on the picture, the proportions are visualized, and translated on to sand using techniques like compressing (creating mounds) and engraving (creating depth). The wet sand is sculpted from top to bottom, with great skill .