Arts

Arts 

Pattachitra ( Cloth painting)

Literally,'patta' translate to cloth and 'chitra'means picture. The themes and motifs are mythological, typically revolving around the Jagannath and Radha-Krishna paintings are a rage among buyers. 

Rock paintings 

Rock art in Odisha dates back to the prehistoric period according to the earliest reports found at Viramkhol in jharasuguda district.  With the reign of Buddhist sculptural art gradually changed the degree of Odisha's artistic flair. 

(Buddhist rock carvings at Ratnagiri) 

Sand Art

With clean ,fine-grained sand and water as its raw materials,this is an indigenous form of art that found its origin recently if a comparison is drawn to the other forms of art .

Sand art by legendary sand artists sudarshan patnaik