Great skill is displayed in the making of dolls toys puppets carvings on soapstone wooden vessels gate door ways chests palanquins musical instruments bridal costumes etc.
Art and painting of odisha in hindi.
The purpose of the pata painting was to popularise the cult of jagannath to the millions of pilgrims visiting puri.
This is one of the art forms in the state which are considered sacred.
Temple walls and walls of certain private houses are still painted.
Folk art although dwindling is still a living reality in odisha orissa.
The eastern indian state of odisha possesses an ancient tradition of paintings which can be traced back to the prehistoric ages.
From the days when communication was done through writing the palm leaf painting or locally known as talapatra chitra is an ancient form of art in odisha.
Pattachitra is a traditional painting of odisha india.
All colours used in the paintings are natural and paintings are made fully old traditional way by chitrakaras that is odiya painter.
This style developed under the patronage of the ganga kings and the kings of bhoi dynasty.
Pata painting is considered an important form of oriya painting which originated from the temple of jagannath at puri in the 12th century.
Odisha orissa rock shelter paintings the discoveries of shake sketches and pictographic compositions in western piece of odisha orissa vikramkhol in jharsuguda manikmada and ushakothi in sundergarh gudahandi in kalahandi and jogimath in nuapada locale demonstrate presence of ancient workmanship in odisha orissa.