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Allahabad: An Uttar Pradesh artist has prepared a 60-foot-long greeting card to welcome the new year and bid farewell to 2009.
Titled Memories 2009: Lost and Found, the card carries portraits of personalities who received honours for their achievements and those who breathed their last in 2009. The work of the 25-year-old artist, R.K. Chitera, 25, is being displayed at the Chandra Shekhar Azad Park here.
"With the 60-foot-long greeting card, I have tried to collect painful and joyful memories of 2009," Chitera told the media. "I am quite satisfied with my work as people are turning up in huge numbers to see my greeting card...They are appreciating my work and I am grateful to them," he added.
The card is in the form of a painting done on a 60-foot canvas that carries portraits of personalities, who received distinguished honours for their achievements and those who breathed their last in 2009.
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