Pattachitra, cloth-based scroll painting with a strong black outline, is practised chiefly in which state?

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Pattachitra is chiefly Odishan, and its subjects centre on Jagannath and the temple at Puri.
A related tradition of the same name exists in West Bengal, where the painted scroll is sung as it is unrolled.
The word itself is the description: patta is cloth and chitra is picture.

Worth noting

The cloth is prepared with a paste of tamarind seed and chalk before painting, which is what lets it take the fine brushwork.

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