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Meet the east Indian artists who makes idols from thousands of tiny matchsticks

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A matchstick artist in India made headlines after creating an idol of a Hindu god using 7,881 matchsticks and 3635 matchsticks for decorations.

According to local media, Saswat Ranjan Sahoo, a native of Puri district, Odisha, has had his statue of the god Jagannath selected for the Indian Book of Records.

“I completed the 17-inch-long and 15-inch-wide Jagannath idol in 21 days,” Saswat said.

Saswat is a first-year student at a college in Brahmagiri.

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