{"id":80178,"date":"2021-02-03T18:28:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T12:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=80178"},"modified":"2021-03-01T15:05:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T09:35:21","slug":"pm-praises-pattachitra-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pm-praises-pattachitra-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Praises “Pattachitra Painting”"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is the News?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Prime Minister has praised the Odisha pattachitra painting in the Mann Ki Baat.<\/p>\n

About Patachitra Painting<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Pattachitra or Patachitra Painting: <\/strong>The name Pattachitra has evolved from Sanskrit words patta meaning canvas and chitra meaning picture.<\/li>\n
  2. It is a traditional, cloth-based scroll painting based in Odisha and West Bengal.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Odisha Pattachitra:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Based on: <\/strong>These paintings are based on Hindu mythology. They are especially inspired by Jagannath and the Vaishnava sect.<\/li>\n
    2. Colours: <\/strong>All colors used in the Paintings are natural. Material like Gum of tree, shells, and lam soot, etc. are used for making the color.<\/li>\n
    3. Paintings are made fully in the traditional way by Chitrakaras, i.e. Odiya Painter.<\/li>\n
    4. Style: <\/strong>The style is a mix of both folk and classical elements but leaning more towards folk forms. The dress style has Mughal influences.<\/li>\n
    5. Popular Themes: <\/strong>Some of the most popular themes represented through this art form are\n
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      1. Thia Badhia – depiction of the temple of Jagannath;<\/li>\n
      2. Krishna Lila – enactment of Jagannath as Lord Krishna displaying his powers as a child;<\/li>\n
      3. Dasavatara Patti – the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu;<\/li>\n
      4. Panchamukhi – depiction of Lord Ganesh as a five-headed deity.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Bengal Patachitra<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. Pattachitra<\/strong> has been a component of an ancient Bengali narrative art. It originally served as a visual device during the performance of a song.<\/li>\n
        2. Based on: <\/strong>The paintings are mostly based on mythological, religious stories, folklore, and social. The artist of the Bengal Patachitra is called Patua.<\/li>\n
        3. Colour<\/strong>: Use of natural color is one of the characteristics of the Bengal Patachitra.<\/li>\n
        4. The Kalighat Patachitra<\/strong>, the last tradition of Bengal Patachitra is developed by Jamini Roy.<\/li>\n
        5. Buddhist Literature: <\/strong>Bengal Patachitra is referred to in the Buddhist literature in Haribansha(1st century A.D), Abhigyan Shakuntalam(2nd century A.D) and Malavikagnimitra (4th century), Harshacharita (6th Century).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Source: <\/strong>Hindustan Times<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          What is the News? The Prime Minister has praised the Odisha pattachitra painting in the Mann Ki Baat. About Patachitra Painting Pattachitra or Patachitra Painting: The name Pattachitra has evolved from Sanskrit words patta meaning canvas and chitra meaning picture. It is a traditional, cloth-based scroll painting based in Odisha and West Bengal. Odisha Pattachitra:… Continue reading PM Praises “Pattachitra Painting”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,7965,9],"tags":[1437],"class_list":["post-80178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-art_1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}