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PaintingGI Tagged · 2008-09
Pattachitra (Odisha)
TownRaghurajpur
StateOdisha
Craft typePainting
GI tag2008-09
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An intricate cloth-scroll painting tradition centred on the village of Raghurajpur near Puri, closely tied to the worship of Lord Jagannath, using natural pigments on canvas stiffened with tamarind-seed paste and chalk powder.
Did you know? Raghurajpur, the heart of Pattachitra art, was declared India's first "heritage crafts village", nearly every household in the village practices some form of traditional art, from painting to palm-leaf engraving to stone carving.