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Sumitra Moharana, daughter of Harihara Maharana, did not pursue higher studies as she wanted to make Pattachitra paintings — that involve using colours on a cloth to create mythological images.

people make the kundali or the birth-chart on these palm leaves,” Bhaskar explained. While people belonging to other castes in the village have started taking up Pattachitra art, the number of ...

The main difference is that Bengal Pattachitra is made on paper, while we make paintings on fabric ... Mahabharata in Parida’s exhibition. “People seldom like to buy paintings on the ...

“There are many professionally qualified people in the village ... if I decide to do a job one day I will make sure that I keep finding time to do Pattachitra and other art forms our village ...

Bijay, who began learning the art form at the age of 15, and has been making pattachitra creations for ... But today, we want things in a jiffy and people are not willing to invest time on ...

His family has been making pattachitra for generations ... It is only at exhibitions like these that people get to know about the value of the art and buy them,” he says.