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Odisha
Odisha,
previously known as Orissa is an Eastern state in India. Odisha has 485
kilometres (301 mi) of coastline along the Bay of Bengal on its east, from
Balasore to Malkangiri. It is the 9th largest state by area, and the 11th largest
by population. Odia (formerly known as Oriya) is the official language. Odisha
is a land to a rich cultural and handicrafts heritage.
Patachitra - Pattachitra style of painting is one of the oldest and most popular art forms of Odisha. The name Pattachitra has evolved from the Sanskrit words patta, meaning canvas, and chitra, meaning picture. Pattachitra is thus a painting done on canvas, and is manifested by rich colourful application, creative motifs and designs, and portrayal of simple themes, mostly mythological in depiction. The traditions of pattachitra paintings are more than thousand years old. The subject matter of Patta Chitra is mostly mythological, religious stories and folk lore. Raghurajpur is a heritage crafts village in Puri district, Odisha, 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 also known as the birthplace of one of finest Odissi exponents and Guru, Sri Kelucharan Mohapatra. Apart from that the village is also home to crafts like Tussar paintings, palm leaf engravings, stone and wood carvings, wooden, cow dung and papier mache toys, and masks.
Saura Art is a style of wall mural paintings associated with the Saura tribals of Odisha. These paintings, also called ikons (or ekons) are dedicated to Idital, the main deity of the Sauras and are visually similar to Worli paintings and hold religious significance for the Sauras. Sauras are among one of the most ancient of tribes in India. Shabari, a Lord Rama devotee in the Ramayana and Jara, the hunter who mortally wounded Lord Krishna with an arrow, are thought to have been members of this tribe. JaraÔÇÖs body is believed to have flowed into the sea near Puri as a wooden log and the idol Jagannath at Puri is believed to have been sculpted from it. Saura paintings are an integral part of the religious ceremonies of the Saura tribals and are found in the southern Odisha districts. These paintings draw upon tribal folklore and have ritualistic importance. Ikons make extensive use of symbolically pregnant icons that mirror the quotidian chores of the Sauras. People, horses, elephants, the sun and the moon and the tree of life are recurring motifs in these ikons. Ikons were originally painted on the walls of the Saura's adobe huts. Saura paintings have a striking visual semblance to Worli art and both use clear geometric frames for their construction but they differ in both their style and treatment of subjects. In Saura paintings, a fish-net approach - of painting from the border inwards - is used while this not the case with Worli paintings. Although both are examples of tribal pictographs that employ stick figures, Worli paintings use conjoint triangles to depict the human body while the figures are not as sharply delineated in Saura paintings. Also, unlike the Warli paintings where male and female icons are clearly distinguishable, in Saura art there is no such physical differentiation. Another notable difference is that these figures have more proportionate bodies and limbs.
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