Raghurajpur
Raghurajpur 17 Km from Puri on Bhubaneswar Road in 203 National highway, near Chandanpur. One has to take a right turn from Chandanpur Bazar by noticing the Orissa Tourism signage to Raghurajpur. Famous for Pattachitra, Raghurajpur - The artisans village, is a living Museum itself. Every house hold has a painter and can show you lavishly painted, the age old traditional paintings on canvas, silk (tassar) and other varieties like papier mache, masks, stone idols, sculptures, wooden idols and toys and many more. The recently drawn mural paintings on the house walls is a step forward to make impression about survival of the past glory. One can contact any house in this village for the painting. The village ambience is also heart touching. This is a Heritage Craft Village of Orissa. One can visit Siruli 30 Km from Chandanpur for Lord Hanuman in a village ambience.
