PATTACHITRA

About: 

• Patta means cloth, and Chitra means picture. Hence, Pattachitra is a picture painted on a piece of cloth. 
  
  
• It is based in the states of West Bengal and Odisha. 
  
  
• Bengal tradition: It is centered around Kalighat (in Kolkata). Theme is Not much devotional. 
  
  
• Odisha tradition: 
  • It is centered around Puri. 
    
    
  • These paintings are based on Hindu mythology and specially inspired by Jagannath and Vaishnava sect. 
    
    
  • All colours used in the Paintings are natural and paintings. 
    
    
  • Almost all of the Chitrakar community hails from a small village in Puri district called Raghurajpur.