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Pattachitra refers to the Classical painting of Odisha , in the eastern region of India . ' Patta ' in Sanskrit means ' Vastra ' or ' clothings ' and ' chitra ' means paintings. The tradition of Pattachitra is closely linked with the worship of Lord Jagannath . Apart from the fragmentary evidence of paintings on the caves of Khandagiri and Udayagiri and Sitabhinji murals of the Sixth century A.D. , the earliest indigenous paintings from Odisha are the Pattachitra done by the Chitrakars ( the painters are called Chitrakars ) . The theme of Oriya painting centres round the Vaishnava sect . Since beginning of Pattachitra culture Lord Jagannath who was an incarnation of Lord Krishna was the major source of inspiration . The subject matter of Patta Chitra is mostly mythological , religious stories and folk lore . Themes are chiefly on Lord Jagannath and Radha - Krishna , different `` Vesas '' of Jagannath , Balabhadra and Subhadra , temple activities , the ten incarnations of Vishnu basing on the ' Gita Govinda ' of Jayadev , Kama Kujara Naba Gunjara , Ramayana , Mahabharata . The individual paintings of gods and goddesses are also being painted. The painters use vegetable and mineral colours without going for factory made poster colours . They prepare their own colours . White colour is made from the conch - shells by powdering , boiling and filtering in a very hazardous process . It requires a lot of patience . But this process gives brilliance and premanence to the hue . ' Hingula ' , a mineral colour , is used for red . ' Haritala ' , king of stone ingredients for yellow , ' Ramaraja ' a sort of indigo for blue are being used . Pure lamp - black or black prepared from the burning of cocoanut shells are used. The brushes that are used by these ' Chitrakaras ' are also indigenous and are made of hair of domestic animals . A bunch of hair tied to the end of a bamboo stick make the brush . It is really a matter of wonder as to how these painters bring out lines of such precision and finish with the help of these crude brushes . That old tradition of Oriya painting still survives to - day in the skilled hands of Chitrakaras ( traditional painters ) in Puri , Raghurajpur , Paralakhemundi , Chikiti and Sonepur .
Pattachitra refers to the Classical painting of Odisha , in the eastern region of India . ' Patta ' in Sanskrit means ' Vastra ' or ' clothings ' and ' chitra ' means paintings. The tradition of Pattachitra is closely linked with the worship of Lord Jagannath . Apart from the fragmentary evidence of paintings on the caves of Khandagiri and Udayagiri and Sitabhinji murals of the Sixth century A.D. , the earliest indigenous paintings from Odisha are the Pattachitra done by the Chitrakars ( the painters are called Chitrakars ) . The theme of Oriya painting centres round the Vaishnava sect . Since beginning of Pattachitra culture Lord Jagannath who was an incarnation of Lord Krishna was the major source of inspiration . The subject matter of Patta Chitra is mostly mythological , religious stories and folk lore . Themes are chiefly on Lord Jagannath and Radha - Krishna , different `` Vesas '' of Jagannath , Balabhadra and Subhadra , temple activities , the ten incarnations of Vishnu basing on the ' Gita Govinda ' of Jayadev , Kama Kujara Naba Gunjara , Ramayana , Mahabharata . The individual paintings of gods and goddesses are also being painted. The painters use vegetable and mineral colours without going for factory made poster colours . They prepare their own colours . White colour is made from the conch - shells by powdering , boiling and filtering in a very hazardous process . It requires a lot of patience . But this process gives brilliance and premanence to the hue . ' Hingula ' , a mineral colour , is used for red . ' Haritala ' , king of stone ingredients for yellow , ' Ramaraja ' a sort of indigo for blue are being used . Pure lamp - black or black prepared from the burning of cocoanut shells are used. The brushes that are used by these ' Chitrakaras ' are also indigenous and are made of hair of domestic animals . A bunch of hair tied to the end of a bamboo stick make the brush . It is really a matter of wonder as to how these painters bring out lines of such precision and finish with the help of these crude brushes . That old tradition of Oriya painting still survives to - day in the skilled hands of Chitrakaras ( traditional painters ) in Puri , Raghurajpur , Paralakhemundi , Chikiti and Sonepur .