Pattachitra

• Pattachitra is a general term for traditional Cloth based Scroll Painting in India, specially in Odisha and West Bengal. 
• In the Sanskrit language, "Patta" literally means "cloth" and "Chitra" means "picture". Most of these paintings depict stories of Hindu deities.
• The Pattachitra style is mix of both folk and classical elements but leans more towards folk forms while the dress style has Mughal Influence. 
• Pattachitra style of painting is one of the oldest and most popular art forms of Odisha.
• Lord Jagannath in the present form is being taken as the origin of the patta style.
• The Subject Matter is mostly mythological, religious stories and folk lores. 
• Themes are chiefly on Lord Jagannath and Radha-Krishna, The incarnation of Lord Vishnu, Ramayan, Mahabharata etc.
• The background on which figures are represented is mostly painted in Red Color and is delineated with decorations of flowers etc.
• The whole painting is conceived in the form of a design on a given canvas.
• All colours used in the Paintings are natural.Traditionally the painters are known as chitrakars.