arts and crafts of orissa

5. The history of Odisha art and architecture is dating from 261
B.C. , when Ashok , the the then King of Magadha conquerd
Odisha, then known as Kalinga . The existing ancient monuments
of Odisha cover a period of about two thousand years and
present a varied and interesting study....
Odisha is full of archaeological treasures dating from the pre-
historic times upto the end of the Muslim rule in the middle of the
sixteenth century. The excavations at Sisupalgarh and Jaugada
testify to the presence of a highly developed pre-historic
civilisation in Odisha.

6. •Oriya is the language spoken by the majority of the people
of the state.
•English is widely used for official purpose and Oriya is used
as regional language.
• A few tribal languages belonging to
the Dravidian and Munda language families are spoken by
the Adivasis of the state.
•The classical dance form Odissi originated in Odisha.
Contemporary Odisha has a cultural heritage that arose due
to the intermingling of three religious traditions –
Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
•The culture of the Adivasis is an integral part of modern
Oriya heritage

7. Fairs & Festivals in Odisha (Orissa) -
•With numerous religions, ancient temples, local
shrines, tribes and an array of sacred places.
• Major Odisha Festivals of are Jagannath Puri Rath
Yatra and Durga Pooja.
•Three different religions flourished on the holy
land of Odisha (Orissa) thus making it mandatory
to celebrate various religious Odisha festivals with
great fanfare.
•Odisha Cultural & Religious Festivals are
veryfamous in india.

8. •The caves of Khandagiri and Udayagiri represent
Odisha cave architecture dating back to the first
century BC.
•The caves were cut out in the solid rock on the orders
of King Kharavela for the use of Jaina ascetics.
• There are altogether eighteen caves in Udayagiri and
fifteen caves in Khandagiri. The caves are decorated
with sculptural motifs.
• The Ranigumpha cave in Udayagiri is a two-storeyed
structure and bears highly artistic sculpture. The caves
consist of one or more cells and a few of them are
fronted by pillared verandahs.
• The sculptures of Khandagiri and Udayagiri form a
landmark in the history of Indian art. They present a
vivid picture of the contemporary society and occupy
an important place in the rock-out architecture of
India.

10. KHANDHAGIRI CAVES
DHAULAGIRI CAVES
LALITHAGIRI CAVES
RATNAGIRI CAVES
UDAYAGIRI CAVES

11. Puri Temple
Lingaraj temple
Konark Temple
Tarini Temple
Biraja temple
Mahavinayak Temple
64 Yoginis Temple
Raja Rani Temple

14. ART FORM- DANCE - ODISSI

15. •PATA CHITRAS
•TALA PATACHITRAS/PALM LEAF PAINTINGS
•SILVER FILIGREE WORK / TARAKASI
•APPLIQUE WORK / PIPLI
•ROCK PAINTINGS ,SCULPTORS
•JHOTI,MURUJU,CHITHA
•BRASS AND BELL METAL
•TRIBAL HANDLOOM
MAJOR HANDICRAFTS

16. • In Odisha ,a unique type of art form is developed at Puri . But it
spreads all over the world .
• To carve a sand sculpture , the raw material is the only clean and
fine grained sand mixed with water .
• Rama and Krishna are usually depicted on the pattas. "Rasa Lila",
"Vastra Haran", "Kaliya Dalan" are some of the recurring themes of
Patta art.
PATACHITRA

17. •The Patachitras are paintings on cloth. In the absence of paper,
cloth gives an extended smooth surface and is easily transported.
•For the patachitra, small strips of cloth are prepared for the
painting by a coating of a mixture of glue and chalk which result in
a leathery finish.
•The outlines are then drawn directly in red or yellow and the other
colours subsequently filled in. Finally the pata is given a lacquer
coating to protect it from climatic effects.
• For this process of varnishing and glazing, the back of the painting
is exposed to heat while the top is being brushed with a fine layer
of lacquer.

18. PATACHITRAS

19. SILVER FILIGREE
Of all the handicrafts of Odisha the
most unique and the finest, in fact the
queen among them, is silver filigree,
locally called tarakasi. The craft is
localised at Cuttack town and a few
villages in Cuttack district.

20. • The process consists of drawing silver through a series of
consecutively smaller holes to produce fine strands of wire
• These wires are then made into various shapes by deft
hands of the craftsmen by bending them into different
designs and soldering them with pincer and scissors.
• Silver used by the artisans is usually of high purity often
exceeding ninety per cent.
SILVER FILIGREE

21. •'Applique', which is a French term, is a technique by which
the decorative effect is obtained by superposing patches of
coloured fabrics on a basic fabric, the edges of the patches
being sewn in some form of stitchery.
•It is distinct from what is known as patch work in which small
pieces of cut fabrics are usually joined side by side to make a
large piece of fabric or for repairing a damaged fabric.
• Though the form is not unknown in other parts of India, it is
Odisha and specially in Pipli that the craft has a living and
active tradition continuing over centuries.

22. Like patachitras, APPLIQUÉ WORK
in Odisha also originated as a
temple art. The artisans of Pipli - a
village 40 km from Puri have their
mastery in applique art. Besides
Puri, appliqué work is also practiced
in Chitki, Barpali, and a couple of
other places.

23. •Colored cloth, are stitched in shape of animals, birds,
flowers and beautiful wall, garden or beach umbrella,
a lamp shade and much more hangings are made.
Saris and other attires are designed with appliqué
work, which is gaining lot of popularity in
international market.
•Tiny mirrors are stick or stitched by thread
embroidery to create a remarkable work of art.
•Colors like red, yellow, white and black are mainly
used, in applique work whereas green has also been
added in recent times.

24. ROCK PAINTINGS SCULPTORS
Odisha has an age old tradition of Painting
which stretches from the prehistoric rock
shelters to the temples and mathas of this
century. Out of these the traditional
painters , the tribal painter , the folk and
rock painters are of significance.

25. • The Talapatrachitras or the palm leaf engravings consist
of frozen linear drawing as illustrations of manuscripts.
• In these engravings, colours are muted and play a very
minor part. Where colours are at all applied, they are just
painted either to emphasize the inscriptions, or to fill up
blank space.
•In Odisha, manuscripts were written on palm leaves even
during the Mughal period when the paper was freely
available.

26. PALM LEAF PAINTINGS / TALA PATACHITRAS

27. •In the limited space of the oblong palm leaf with a small width,
human figures completed with details of hair style and dress,
animals, flowers and trees are executed with great precision and
beauty, the tool of this art is a sharp style and it needs a
remarkably steady hand to be able to wield this tool on thin strip
of leaf.
•These talapatachitras have an affinity with the Rajasthani
miniatures both in the treatment, composition and the colour
scheme.

28. • During this auspicious occasion, the mud
walls and floors are decorated with murals
in white rice paste or pithau.
•The folk art of Odisha is bound up with its
social and religious activities. In the month of
Margasira , women folk worship the goddess
Lakshmi. It is the harvest season when grain is
thrashed and stored
JHOTI ,CHITHA, MURUJA

29. BRASS AND BELL METAL
•The fine engravings on brass and bellmetal utensils, bronze bangles and pots
are important aspects of Orissan art. Artefacts made of metal, particularly
brass, find pride of place in the homes of Orissa.
• Beautiful lamps and lamp-stands are used during the worship of deities. Rice-
measuring bowls made of brass are used in many homes.
• The artisans also make elephants and horses from brass and decorate them
with intricate designs. Containers of brass for betel-chewers are designed both
to be useful and ornamental.
•There are household articles and utensils made out of brass and bell metal
and they are of different shapes and sizes.
• The brassware of Orissa reveals the high workmanship of the artisans and
their flair for innovation.

31. Tribal handloom

32. •White – filtering ,powdering, boiling – Conch shells
•Red - mineral color-stone ingredient-Hingula
•Yellow – processed - Harithala
•Blue - kind of indigo - Ramaraja
•Black – lamp black – Burnt coconut shells
•Brushes are very crude and are made from hair of
domestic animals
•Even today the Chitrakars of Odisha use
vegetable and mineral colours.

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