He took out his best pieces to show us the diversity of painting styles and themes. Some of his young apprentices were busy painting. We sat with Alok Ranjan Sahu Ji in his small one-room workshop. These paintings can be worn both by humans and on the walls of their homes. Contemporary versions come on silk cloth that makes the paintings look delicate. I would say these are more popular paintings with tourists as they have vibrant colors and come in various themes. Read More – Cherial Paintings of TelanganaĪ more recent version of Pattachitra is done on cloth. The paintings are typically done in black color by engraving the palm leaf surface and then filling it with the black color. Pattachitra paintings are traditionally done on narrow strips of palm leaves joined together. Hanging scrolls of paintings in the village Generations of artists from this village have been doing this ritual painting. This happens when Sri Jagannath goes for his 108-pot bath to Snan Mandapa and gets sick. These paintings in gold of the trinity at Jagannath temple in Puri are worshipped during the time when the temple throne is vacant. These paintings are an integral part of the culture of Puri. Almost nostalgically, the villagers said, if you had visited before the cyclone, you would have seen our village full of all kinds of fruit trees. We were told that the cyclone played havoc and the treetops were blown away by it. When we visited the tree trunks stood bare, without any leaves or even branches. There is only one Brahmin in the village. Sahu, Swain, Maharana, and Goldsmith are the primary communities engaged in this activity. Read More – Ektaal, the artist village of Chhattisgarh The artist here though works on various mediums now including cotton & silk cloth, coconut shells, areca nutshells, glass bottles, stone, wood, etc. Raghurajpur is best known for making Pattachitra – the ancient art of painting on palm leaves. Traditional artworks on sale at the artisan’s homes Traditional Art of painting on Palm Leaves A small walk around the village will completely take you into the world of art and craft traditions of Odisha. Artists are sitting on their balconies doing their work. The people of Raghurajpur have made sure that different kinds of work are displayed on their walls. Every house makes you stop and admire the work. The houses are all decorated with lovely colorful paintings. Visiting the village is like being in an open-air museum. Read More – Kuchipudi – the dance village of Andhra Pradesh But nonetheless, they are like the spinal cord of the village around which the body works. I was surprised to see the temple to the family’s ratio here. It has only about 150 homes that are arranged in a single row on either side of the 12 temples that stand in the middle. It is a small village, 14 km from the popular pilgrimage town of Puri. Raghurajpur Village Painted Walls of the homes in the artisan’s village So, this time in Odisha, I decided to spend some time with the artists of Raghurajpur. I have earlier visited artisan villages in UP, Gujarat, Andhra, Chhattisgarh & Bengal.
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