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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.