Visit to Raghurajpur & Pipili
Raghurajpur
Raghurajpur is Declared as the Heritage Village of Odisha, the only place where you can experience the Artisans working on the Silk, Paper, Beatle Nuts, Coconuts, Cow Dung, Coir & many more. The Traditional Patta Painters of Odisha live in this village in the different parts like Dandasahi, Nayakpatna & Raghurajpur are now experts making different kinds of Artistic useful house hold materials for the market which are worth buying from them directly helping them to retain the Handicrafts of Odisha. Your visit will introduce to the Age Old Patta Painting workers in the village & their working style.
This is the Only village also in Odisha where the Gurus (Teachers) are still holding the age old Traditional Ashram system to train the Boys to perform World Famous Gotipua Dance. Gotipua Dance which was formed in 12th Century AD after the Mughal Invasion to Odisha is a twisted form of Odishi Dance, One of the Seven Classical Dances of India.
As Odishi Dance or Devadasi Dance system vanished from the Temple, Gotipua Dance got introduced to the Society in a form of Entertainment where only Boys were trained to dance since child hood with the application of special oils on the joints & bones to keep it flexible till the young age. This group used Duplicate or Plastic Ornaments in order to give respect to the Odishi Dance which was a Temple Dance in Odisha. They introduced Acrobatic forms in the dance as the Boys were able to do it & was not allowed for the Girls in the Odishi Dance. This Dance form is now only in practice in Raghurajpur & near by areas.
Pipili
Pipli is a Small Village of Workers, on the Patch Work Style selling different House Hold articles. Though most of the Villagers involved in this work are Muslims, the Appliqué Umbrellas & Canopies are used in Hindu Temples & in the past these were used in the Royal Court & Chariots during the Great Chariot Festival, Called Ratha Yatra. Now a days by using the same technique, this Village produces many decorative items for the use including, Hand Bags, Bed sheets, Pilllow covers, Cushion covers, Wall Hangings, Water Proof & colourful Garden umbrellas and many more. The walk thru this Village & market is a very nice experince to learn about this age old practice of Applique work & do some shopping as souvenir.
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Package NCK005
KONARK - PURI - RAGHURAJPUR - CHILIKA LAKE - SAKHIGOPAL - PIPILI - BHUBANESWAR
4N / 5D Stay & Trip
Package NCK006
KONARK - PURI - RAGHURAJPUR - CHILIKA LAKE - RAGHURAJPUR - SAKHIGOPAL - PIPILI - BHITARKANIKA - BHUBANESWAR
5N / 6D Stay & Trip
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