Traditional painting (patta-chitra ) and suclpture in Puri are the province
of one heridity caste, known by name Mohapatra & Moharana. A group of these
families live in the artist village "Raghurajpur" 10 Km. from puri towards
Bhubaneswar, where both Indian and foreign visitors visit and purchase the
items. The artist generally paints religious themes of lord Jagannath,
SriKrishna, Rama etc. Most of them paint on traditional cloths. Another
product of the Chitrakars is the pointed circular playing cards known as
ganjifa (or Ganjapa). Old sets of these beautiful and charming small paintings
(which traditionally are made in sets of 96 cards) are much sought after
connoiseurs, and modern ones. Executed in a vigourous folk style, they are
extremely appealing.
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