Patachitra is a traditional art form, here in this type of art cloth-based
scroll painting are produced by skilled workers of Odisha. This
term patachitra comes from the Sanskrit language, in which the "Patta"
literally means "cloth" and "Chitra" means
"picture". Most of these paintings depict stories of Hindu God lord Krishna.
Different stories of Lord Krishna are shown in the form of paintings. Not only
the paintings of lord Krishna artist make many other paintings of other Hindu lords like lord Jagannath, lord Vaishnav,
lord Saiva and many others.
As Indian peoples are very
much religious and very much believes in Gods. So this thing can also reflect
in their art forms. Many artist of India love to put Lord’s in their painting
or arts. This patachitra art also comes under this category. Lord Jagannath,
Lord Vaishnav and Lord Siva are those Hindu gods those people like very much so
patachitra arts are like to made their paintings in so that they can sail these
paintings in a good price.
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Patachitra Art On Saree |
The painting the 'patachitra'
resemble the old murals of Odisha especially religious centers of Odisha, like Puri the place of lord jagannat, Konark
and Bhubaneswar which was surrounded by temples. This region, dating
back to the 5th century BC when this paintings are very much appreciated by all
peoples not only in Odisha also British people like this art and transports
these patachitra painjting from India to other counties . The best work of patachitra
is found in and around Puri, especially in the Raghurajpur
village. Here many skilled artists
are present who maintaining their culture of patachitra making.
This old tradition of Odia painting still survives in the places like
Puri, Raghurajpur, Paralakhemundi, Chikiti and Sonepur . There are some peoples or artists who are spending their
whole life for this art. Even today in Odisha, these two crafts are combined in
one and these artists and known as Chitrakaras, their title remains mostly
Mohapatra or Maharana.
Now in these days in all over
the world people like this patachitra art and through online shopping people
purchasing this. So the future of this art and these artists are looking to be
good.