Friday 4 December 2015

Indian Patachitra Art

Pattachitra is a common term for traditional, fabric-based scroll painting, based in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. In the Sanskrit language, "Patta" accurately stands "cloth" and "Chitra" stands "picture". Most of these images portray stories of Hindu Gods.

All colours utilized in the Paintings are natural and paintings are prepared completely old conventional way by Chitrakaras that is Oriya artist.


The painting 'pattachitra' resemble the old murals of Odisha particularly spiritual centres of Puri, Konark and Bhubaneshwar area, dating back to the 5th century BC. The best job is found in and around Puri, mainly in the village of Raghurajpur.

Indian Hand Painted Patachitra Art

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