strokes of artistry

The temple crafts of Odisha include its stone images and carving traditions, as well as patatchtra paintings that bring the \"leela\" and epic narratives of the gods and goddesses into life.
While Stone portraits are at the heart of the Temple Culture of Odisha, patatachtra is part of its ritual and internal life.
In fact, when Lord jagnath, soubadra and balabara\'s \"Moola Mutis\" left the Patachitra images they painted at the prijagnath temple on their annual \"Las Yatra\" Occupy the Holy the location of, until murtis was brought back at the end of yatra.
On the creative \"yacht\" heading to Chennai to show their work on stone, there are national winners Ashok Moharana and Jambeshwar Behera.
Their exquisite touch is evident in the stone icon.
While Moharana is from the hereditary Shilpkar community and absorbs his skills from the elders of the family, Behera is a state government training non-
Sophisticated artisans in Audi sand art and craft tradition.
Beherah received training from the government\'s plan in bubaneswar, where he learned \"every move of the stonemason \".
\"A 3-foot-high Hanuman in the classic profile of Behera, and a standing front Hanuman in Moharana, greets visitors at the entrance to Lalit Kala Akademi where you can see the\" best of Audi sand \"exhibition.
Other sandstone icons created separately by Moharana and Behera include elegant Saraswatis, apsaras, Buddha heads and a range of decorative and practical items such as granite, sandstone, snake-like stones
Moharana carved 1/2 sitting Buddha in an excellent way and took 20 days to finish it.
He said: \"We bought the stone from the nearby hillside.
Our work starts by cutting the stone into the desired size and drawing the outline of the icon on it.
We then etched the contours and started digging, cutting, engraving, etc with hand tools like hammers, rigs and iron spoons.
The facial features are completely hand-carved, as are the details of the clothing.
Moharana\'s repertoire includes fruit bowls, trays and decorative pieces.
Behera has crafted beautifully carved snake-like stone ornaments filled with apsaras and animals, granite \"kirti mukhasas\" and icons of various sizes.
Patachitra became magical under the brush of the national winner Vanamati Mahapatra.
As an area of the chiraka community, it features the life of epic, Krishna Lera, and Lord jagnath.
The work of Mohapatra is delicate and dramatic, mouse
Hair brushes capture the most incredible details of human image, clothing and jewelry.
\"I glued two pieces of cloth together with the powder tamarind seed glue to prepare the canvas.
The color comes from stones and shells.
Each vibrant frame has a floral or geometric border.
Did he follow shastric\'s guidelines when performing his paintings?
\"No,\" said Vanamati Mahapatra . \".
\"We are immersed in epic and legendary, but the description is entirely from our imagination.
\"Moharana, Behera and Mohapatra works can be found in Lalit Kala Akademi, No. 4, Greams Road.
The exhibition lasted until July 6.