Pattachitra: The Spectacular Folk Art of Orissa

The Pattachitra is an art form that is practiced by the Chitrakar community of India, hailing from the village of Raghurajpur in the district of Puri, Orissa. This family is known to be the only one family in all of India where all its members are engaged in the works of art like Patta Paintings, wooden toys, traditional handicrafts of India, stone carvings, and so on. The entire family has a rich history of some of the finest artists in India. For the Pattachitra Paintings, these artists follow a very traditional form of preparing the canvas, which adds all the more girth to these beautiful paintings.