<P> The painters use vegetable and mineral colours without going for factory made poster colours . They prepare their own colours . White colour is made from the conch - shells by powdering, boiling and filtering in a very hazardous process . It requires a lot of patience . But this process gives brilliance and premanence to the hue .' Hingula', a mineral colour, is used for red .' Haritala', king of stone ingredients for yellow,' Ramaraja' a sort of indigo for blue are being used . Pure lamp - black or black prepared from the burning of coconut shells are used . There was no blue either cobalt or ultramarine in the earlier colour schemes . The colours used in the Patta paintings are primarily bright colours, limited to red, yellow, indigo, black and white . The brushes that are used by these' Chitrakaras' are also indigenous and are made of hair of domestic animals . A bunch of hair tied to the end of a bamboo stick make the brush . It is really a matter of wonder as to how these painters bring out lines of such precision and finish with the help of these crude brushes . </P> <P> Palm leaf pattachitra which is in Oriya language known as Tala Pattachitra drawn on palm leaf . First of all palm leaves are left for becoming hard after being taken from tree. Then these are sewn together to form like a canvas . The images are traced by using black or white ink to fill grooves etched on rows of equal - sized panels of palm leaf that are sewn together . These panels can also be easily folded like a fan and packed in a compact pile for better conservation. Often palm - leaf illustrations are more elaborated, obtaining by superimposing layers that are glued together for most of the surface, but in some areas can open like small windows to reveal a second image under the first layer . </P> <P> Pattachitra is registered under the identity of Odisha Pattachitra . This ensures the high quality that the artisans of Odisha deliver . The geographical indication ensures that the real artists are not overshadowed by fake claims of pattachitra in the neighbouring regions . </P>

Where are the dhuli chitra paintings normally done