Raghurajpur Craftsman Village

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Located 14 km from Puri in Orissa, the village is inhabited by artisans producing sheer poetry on pieces of treated cloth, dried palm leaf or paper. The villages runs from east to west with houses arranged in two neat rows facing each other. In the centre runs a line of small temples. The village has a community of artisans who produce different verities of handicraft items like pata paintings, palm leaf engravings, stone carvings, wooden toys and mask, wood carving, wooden toys, cow-dung toys, tusser paintings, etc.