Black Ikat Middle Flowers (Ladies' Kurti) Ikat Blouses This rich handpainted Pattachitra tussar

This rich handpainted Pattachitra tussar silk saree

an example of this art

We are keeping alive our Pattachitra Heritage by encouraging these paintings to be made on fabrics and sarees

and ceremonial objects

separated by gaps

Black Ikat Middle Flowers (Ladies' Kurti) Ikat Blouses This rich handpainted Pattachitra tussarNuapatnas weaving origin traces back to 12th Century AD and it is closely associated with Lord Jagannath Temple rituals at Puri, Odisha. This is the weave of single largest cluster of Odisha at Nuapatna with 10,000 weavers present with approx 6000 looms. This is the red variant of our world famous heritage site Konarks main symbol the Konark Chakra or Wheel. Nuapatna specialises in single ikat. Out of thousands of types of fabrics, only this