Coconut Shell Crafts Painting Of Lord Jagannath

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Odisha has a long tradition of painting from prehistoric times. Painting in Odisha is still a living tradition. The artistic skill of the Odisha artists is quite unsurpassable in the world. The artists were patronized by landlords and kings, leaving them free to scale new heights in creativity in all fields of visual arts. Odisha had many unique art forms and expert master artisans. Skill have been traditionally passed down generations within the family. However with not enough returns from traditional arts and diminishing interest from the younger generations of some of the traditional families, the artist lot has been a decreasing population. Bhubaneswar, the Cathedral City was once the capital of an ancient Kalinga Kingdom. Bhubaneswar meaning the Lord of the universe is also the modern capital of Odisha. In Bhubaneswar, Shiva is known as Tribuhuvaneswara or Lord of the Three Worlds, from which the city derives its name.