CULTURE OF ODISHA
Odisha formerly known as Orissa is the land of ancient Kalinga from where the light of Buddhism spread throughout India. Odisha boast it's rich cultural heritage through its historical monuments , traditional arts , sculpture , dance and music. The finesse and grandeur of Odisha's architecture is exhibited in its temples that the Aryans left behind. Some of them are among the finest in the country. Of these, the most important are the Lingaraja Temple, Bhubaneswar , Jagannath Temple at Puri and the great Sun Temple at Konark.
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| Lingaraja Temple |
The largest of all temples that the Temple City of Bhubaneswar boasts of, it is one of the major tourist attractions of the state is the Lingaraja Temple. Here Lord Shiva is worshipped.
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| Konark Sun Temple |
The coastal town of Puri enshrines Lord Jagannath in this colossal temple. It is one of the Char Dham pilgrimages that one is expected to cover at least once in his lifetime. The temple is world-famous for its annual chariot festival or Rath Yatra.
Some of the important form of visual art are Pattachitra ( Cloth Painting ) which is a traditional painting of Odisha. These paintings are based on Hindu mythology specially inspired by Jagannath and Vaishnava sect. All colors used in painting are natural and paintings is made by fully old traditional way by Chitrakaras. The final painting is rendered in the form of a design on a canvas with decorative borders. Sometimes, palm-leaves are also used to form the canvas.
Another form of visual art is Silver filigree locally knowns as Tarakasi. This art form is about 500 years old and hails from Cuttack know as the ' Silver City'. The process consists of drawing silver through a series of consecutively smaller holes to produce fine strands of wire. 
Applique work is a famous fabric craft originating from a village called Pipli where locals call it 'Pipli Chandua Kama'. It also originated as temple art used in annual Rath Yatra. Nowadays, its usage is more in the household, decorative and festival products. The craft involves embroidery and stitching with occasional mirror work.
Odisha is predominantly a land of tribes and each tribe has its distinct song and style of dance. Even before the development of Odia as a language, Odissi songs had been written. Notable Odia poet Jayadeva was the first to have composed lyrics to be sung and this gave shape to Odissi music. The classical dance of Odissi is performed with this form of music. Odissi bears the closest resemblance to temple culture than any other existing form of dance. The dance basically involves a mythical story, symbolic costumes, abhinaya (expressions), mudras (gestures) and is extremely graceful.
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