PM Modi heaps reward on Rourkela’s Bhagyasri for her skilled Pattachitra art work
2 min read
Express News Service
ROURKELA: Twenty-six-year-old Bhagyasri Sahoo is on cloud 9. What began as an novice ardour for Pattachitra artwork has made her attain larger heights after PM Narendra Modi heaped reward on her throughout his month-to-month Mann Ki Baat radio programme.
The MTech pupil of Sector-19 within the Steel City is on cloud 9 ever since, as congratulations have stored pouring in from throughout. “Bhagyasri Sahoo of Rourkela in Odisha is an engineering pupil who learnt the Pattachitra artwork type in the previous couple of months and gained experience in it. While going to varsity, she got here throughout delicate stones.
She devoted two hours day by day to color these stones on Pattachitra model and even gifted them to her associates. During lockdown, she began to color on bottles too. She is now conducting workshops on the artwork type. A couple of days again, Bhagyasri paid a singular tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose by portray him on a stone. My greatest needs for her future endeavours,” the PM mentioned in his handle.
Recovering from the nice jolt, Bhagyasri mentioned, “I never expected that my passion for this art form would take me so far. I am thankful to the PM for mentioning my name and highlighting our Odia culture.” Bhagyasri mentioned, she was inclined to Pattachitra and Jagannath tradition from childhood however hardly discovered time to pursue her ardour until the lockdown from March final yr which got here as a blessing in disguise. She used to steal a while from her rigorous research routine to observe portray.
Her tryst with Pattachitra began amateurishly on delicate stones. With encouragement from associates, she targeted on Pattachitra and tried intricate designs in the course of the lockdown. She has since been reaching out to a bigger viewers and artwork lovers by way of her Instagram deal with @chinus_creation7557 and Facebook account. Her on-line workshops have helped in popularising one of many oldest artwork types of Odisha.
She has bought a couple of dozen of bottles with Pattachitra artwork every for Rs 1,500-Rs 2,000. Her eight artwork works on stones bought for Rs 500-Rs 800. She makes use of primer on the floor of various objects, then paints with acrylic and at last applies varnish for glaze and lasting impression. Bhagyasri hopes to study the talent of utilizing pure colors in her portray from some conventional artists of Raghurajpur in Puri district.
“I am an artist by passion and engineer by profession. I am rooted in Odia culture. I also plan to start my own art studio to promote Pattachitra and other ancient art forms,” she mentioned. Her father Kartik Sahoo, a constable in Chhend police station, mentioned, “I was at Jatni with wife Basanti when I heard the news. My happiness knew no bounds after PM mentioned my daughter’s name.” On the day, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Sarangi spoke to Bhagyasri and congratulated her.
