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Jagannath Mahapatra (1925–2003)

First National Award-winning Odia Chitrakar of Raghurajpur who led the 1950s revival of tamarind-primed Pattachitra scroll painting.

Odia Chitrakar elder outlining classical Pattachitra panels on treated patta canvas

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Odia Chitrakar elder outlining classical Pattachitra panels on treated patta canvas
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Working in Raghurajpur village near Puri alongside local elders and American craft advocate Halina Zealey in the early 1950s, Guru Jagannath Mahapatra re-anchored Odia Chitrakar studios in traditional tamarind-seed gummed cotton patti, burnt-conch white, hingula vermilion, and haritala yellow stone pigments. 1

In 1965 he became the first craftsperson from Odisha to receive the President's National Award, turning his verandah gurukula into the training ground for dozens of future master painters. 1

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Odisha Pattachitra Cloth-Scroll & Palm-Leaf Painting
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Painters of the Divine: Pattachitra Chitrakars of RaghurajpurINTACH Odisha / Crafts Council of India, 2008—
"Jagannath Mahapatra (1925–2003)." Folkroom Archive (Artists), https://folkroom.org/artists/jagannath-mahapatra · CC BY-SA 4.0.