Pattachitra — A Thousand-Year Art Tradition of Odisha

Pattachitra is one of the oldest surviving painting traditions in India. The name comes from Sanskrit: patta (cloth) + chitra (picture). Developed over a thousand years in the sacred context of the Jagannath temple at Puri, it is both a devotional practice and a complete artistic tradition with its own iconography, philosophy, and materials technology. The artisans who created […]