A small birthday gift to Modi from a big hearted Telangana micro artist

The micro artist created his sculpture in the eye of a needle

Micro artist Mattewada Ajay Kumar makes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sculpture in 0.69 mm size needle for the latter’s 69th birthday.

Goldsmith and well-known micro artist Mattewada Ajay Kumar, a resident of Girmajipet here, has come up with a micro sculpture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of the latter’s 69th birthday on September 17.

Created in the eye of a needle of 0.69 mm size signifying the 69th birthday of Mr. Modi, the artist has used self-made wax to create the sculpture, which measures 0.92 mm in height and 0.28 in width.

“It took me 14 hours spread over six working days to create it,” Mr. Ajay Kumar told

The Hindu .

It may be recalled that the micro sculpture of Dandi March in the eye of a needle commemorating Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary is now being showcased at National Salt Satyagraha Memorial (NSSM) at Dandi in Gujarat, which the Prime Minister dedicated to the nation on January 30 this year. He was all praise for Mr. Ajay Kumar for his talent as well as patience to create it.

In the past, Mr. Ajay Kumar has made the sculptures of veteran leaders P.V. Narasimha Rao and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, for which he was admired by late Narasimha Rao himself, while he received a letter of appreciation from Vajpayee.