In a fitting tribute to the outgoing president, school students here have created a distinctive and unconventional portrait of A P J Abdul Kalam, using foodgrains on a canvas measuring over 1,100 square feet.

Prepared by students of the  Fine Arts stream of Indore Public School, the portrait will be displayed for three days in the IPS Academy, academy’s Chairperson  Achal Choudhry told PTI here on Tuesday.

Five quintals of foodgrains used in the exhibit would thereafter be distributed among the poor.

“The idea behind drawing a portrait with foodgrains is that it gells with the earthy image of the president, who spearheaded the concern of providing food security to the nation as part of his mission to make India a developed nation by 2020,” she said.

Seven varieties of foodgrains were used in drawing the huge portrait of the ‘missile man’ as a mark of respect, Ms Choudhry added.

The students also lit candles around the grain figure, carrying placards reading ‘We will miss you sir’, ‘The missile man of India’ and ‘Long live president sir’ among others.