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Raghurajpur is a heritage crafts village out of Puri district, India, known for its master Pattachitra painters, an art form which dates back to 5 BC in the region and Gotipua dance troupes, the precursor to the Indian classical dance form of Odissi. It is also known as the birthplace of one of the finest Odissi exponents and Guru, Kelucharan Mohapatra. Apart from that, the village is also home to crafts like Tussar paintings, palm leaf engravings, stone and wood carvings, wooden, cowdung and papier mache toys, and masks.In 2000, after a two-year research and documentation project by INTACH, starting 1998, the village was chosen to be developed as state's first heritage village and developed as a Crafts village, soon the village had an interpretation centre, commissioned artwork on the walls of the artists’ homes and a rest house.It also has the distinction of the only place where the traditional decoration called Patas, used under the throne of Lord Jagannath and on the three chariots during the annual Rath Yatra festival, that takes place at pilgrimage town of Puri, some 14 km away, known for the Jagannath Temple. Wikipedia
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Raghurajpur is one such settlement. Here the people of the village specialise in Pattachitra, an intricate style of painting that is produced on cloth. Predominantly depicting mythological narratives and folktales, ...
read moreThere are lots of things that you can buy from Puri. Ranging from the traditional handicrafts to the famous Ikkat silk saris and materials, you will have no dearth of ...
read moreIn Raghurajpur, you can finally meet the faces behind the art that have been showcased in Orissa. This is a small village where families practice the same tradition for years. ...
read moreSand Art adds another contemporary dimension to the kaleidoscope of art forms that this region nurtures. Other art forms that you can explore are Pattachitra at Raghurajpur and applique work ...
read moreFurthermore, on every transfer, you can visit other sights or places of interest on the way when you travel to Orissa. Between Bhubaneswar and Puri for example you can experience ...
read moreBesides temples, Bhubaneswar is a shopping destination for a wide variety of regional handicrafts. To the south of the city, on the highway to Puri, lies the small village of ...
read moreYou can also choose to visit artisan villages like Bishnupur in Bengal, Raghurajpur in Odisha, Pochampally near Hyderabad, or Firozabad near Agra. Again these places are not too difficult to ...
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