Blaze of bronze: the Banpur-Achyutrajpur collection and other metalcrafts of Odisha State Museum,
Historically most of the craftsmanship in Odisha has been through visual art forms in stone and various other mediums such as the patachitra. Many of them are linked to rituals and social customs. Metal craftsmanship in Odisha can be seen in the large iron beams used in Sun temple at Konark, and traditional bell metal works. Small clay furnaces around Sambalpur in clusters that were home to the...