Decorative Wall Art

Decorative — 2 museum-grade prints that set the mood. Pattachitra is the cloth-scroll painting tradition of Odisha, tied to the Jagannath temple at Puri and the chitrakar families of Raghurajpur, worked in five mineral colours on patta — cotton stiffened with tamarind-seed paste and chalk: conch-white (sankha), lamp-black (kalia), haritala yellow, hingula red and geru brick-orange. The Kandarpa-hathi (literally 'Kama's elephant') is a celebrated composite image in which an elephant is formed entirely of interlocked female figures and ridden by Kama, the god of love — a showcase of a chitrakar's command of line and a beloved test-piece of the tradition. Pattachitra is the cloth-painting tradition of Odisha, tied to the Jagannath temple at Puri and the chitrakar families of Raghurajpur, painted on patta (cotton treated with tamarind-seed paste and chalk) in five mineral colours — conch-white, lamp-black, haritala yellow, hingula red and geru brick-orange. The kalpataru, the wish-fulfilling tree of life, is a recurring decorative subject in patta, filling the cloth with symmetrically perched birds and animals; the tree-of-life is common across many Indian folk traditions but carries Pattachitra's distinct mineral palette and bold creeper border.

Updated 22 Jun 2026