Pattachitra

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Why in news?

• COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the livelihood of the Pattachitra artists, residing in Heritage crafts village of Raghurajpur in Odisha.

About:

• Patta means cloth, and Chitra means a picture. Hence, Pattachitra is a picture painted on a piece of cloth. It is based in the states of West Bengal and Odisha.

• It is centered around Kalighat (in Kolkata). The theme is Not much devotional.

Odisha tradition:

• It is centered around Puri. Almost all of the Chitrakar community hails from a small village in Puri district called Raghurajpur.

• These paintings are based on Hindu mythology and specially inspired by Jagannath and Vaishnava sect.

• All colors used in the Paintings are natural and paintings.

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