Annual Terracotta Exhibition || 2022 || Bhubaneswar || Odisha || Ekamra Haat || Exhibition Ground ||

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Odisha has immensely rich craft tradition with magnificent craftsmanship. As many as 50 different crafts have been approved by Govt. of Odisha practiced by more than 1.50 lakh artisans in varied degrees and are dispersed through-out the state. The State has got best craftsmanship with 188 artisans honoured with National level Awards including 4 nos. of Padma Awards and 13 nos. of Shilpigurus. Besides, 312 nos. of artisans have been conferred with State level Awards. “Terracotta” is one of the approved crafts of the State mostly practiced by the traditional Kumbhakars and trained youths almost in every district. There are more than 10000 terracotta artisans in the State who are producing traditional, decorative & utility terracotta-based items. There are more than 40 clusters of Terracotta in the State, out of which some of the focused terracotta craft pockets are Sonepur (Subarnpur), Barapalli (Baragarh), Haldharpur (Keonjhar), Nuagaon (Khurda),

Lunukua (Jagatsinghpur), Kusumi (Koraput), Chintamanipur (Balasore), Trisalaya (Bhadrak) etc. 5 Nos. terracotta artisans have been conferred with National Level Awards and 18 terracotta artisans have been awarded with State Level Awards.
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