Find Some Folk Art

Of the few hours of your stay in Puri some must definitely be spent at the heritage craft village of Raghurajpur. Just 15 km away from the main city, Raghurrajpur is Puri’s best kept secret where you’ll be lost in a world of art and colour. Home to a handful of local craftsmen who are preserving and creating the ancient art of pat (scroll paintings on leaves and canvas), this village is lined with small houses that bear beautiful murals and artworks. You’ll also find crafts families who have been working for generations on the traditional artwork of palm leaf engravings and tussar painting with motifs borrowed from mythology.