Raghurajpur is a heritage crafts village near Puri where nearly every household practises Pattachitra painting, palm-leaf engraving, or related traditional crafts such as stone and wood carving and Gotipua dance training. It is one of the few places in India where an entire village economy still runs on a single traditional art form.
Walking its single main street, visitors can watch artists working directly outside painted, decorated house-fronts — a genuine working village rather than a staged craft market.
Pattachitra is a centuries-old cloth-based scroll painting tradition depicting Jagannath and Krishna mythology using natural pigments; Raghurajpur has been recognised by the Indian government as a heritage crafts village for its concentration of practising artists.
The village is also historically associated with training young Gotipua dancers, the traditional male dance form that predates the more widely known Odissi.
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