Over 25 shades are derived by blending these base colours. Raghurajpur is not only the heartland of Pattachitra but also home to over ten different crafts, including paintings on handmade canvas ...

Kunsquad’s new Pattachitra collection combines two storytelling forms to make a unique, accessible piece of art which lets ...

After a gap of nearly six months, Abakash Nayak, 54, a seasoned Pattachitra artist of Raghurajpur, the nationally acclaimed heritage village in Odisha’s Puri district has picked up his brush ...

This small artisan village in the district of Puri, known as Raghurajpur, is home to artists who continue to work on the art of Pattachitra, just like their ancestors used to do in the early days.

A stone’s throw from the beachy climes of Puri, Raghurajpur, a living art village ... it's best known for its preservation of Pattachitra (aka Tussar painting) that’s done on cloth, palm ...

Raghurajpur, located in the Puri district ... who continues her family’s tradition of Pattachitra painting, remarked on the challenges faced after the COVID-19 pandemic in 2014.

Raghurajpur, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, is famous for pattachitra — cloth-based scroll paintings featuring religious themes Even as India is gearing up to make its cities smart ...

During this period, a patachitra (pattachitra in Odia) takes the place of the original wooden idols. For generations, this patachitra has been drawn by artists from the nearby village of Raghurajpur.

Each of the 150 houses at Raghurajpur has at least four artisans who are skilled in Pattachitra and tusser paintings, toy making, paper mache masks, palm leaf engravings and stone and wood carvings.

While interacting with him, I got to know about plight of other Pattachitra painters in Raghurajpur and nearby areas”, recalls Balangir-born Dipika who started by posting photographs of Patta ...

Prominent on the state tourist map, the village is frequented by scores of tourists to buy Pattachitra works. After declaring Raghurajpur as an art village, the State government tagged it also as ...