LOKADYAKSHA - 60 Pcs Jigsaw Puzzle Game

This 60 piece jigsaw puzzle game in Orissa Patchitra painting comes with a picture card and spreads out to a bright 40cm X 30cm painting when completed.

This 60 piece jigsaw puzzle game painting tells the story of Krishna’s departure from his home in Vrindavan to Mathura, where he has been called to attend to his royal duties. Here, he is seen seated in the chariot with his brother Balarama. The charioteer Akrura is ready to start the journey. The People of gokula are excruciatingly pained to see Krishna leave, they try to block the passage of the chariot. Some of them try to hold the horses back, while others attempt to block the wheels of the chariot from rolling on. While some try to hold back Akrura, others are enveloped in their sorrow and weep standing alongside the path.

Pattachitra style of painting is one of the oldest and most popular folk art forms of Odisha. The name Pattachitra has evolved from the Sanskrit words patta, meaning canvas, and chitra, meaning picture.  This art form too finds its strong roots in the traditions of Lord Jagannath, the presiding deity of Orissa. The creation of the Pattachitra paintings is a disciplined art form, and the chitrakars maintain rigidity in their use of colours and patterns, restricting the colours to a single tone.