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Pattachitra or Patachitra is a general term for traditional, cloth-based scroll painting, based in the eastern Indian states of West Bengal and Odisha.

Pattachitra artform is known for its intricate details as well as mythological narratives and folktales inscribed in it.

Pattachitra is one of the ancient artworks of Odisha.

Patrachitras are a component of an ancient Bengali narrative art, originally serving as a visual device during the performance of a song.

Mysore, officially Mysuru, is the third most populous city after Hubli–Dharwad and second single largest city in the state of Karnataka, India.

It is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Karnataka in population.

It is located in the foothills of the Chamundi Hills about southwest of Bangalore and spread across an area of.

The estimated population is 1,014,227 as of 2017.

Mysore City Corporation is responsible for the civic administration of the city, which is also the headquarters of the Mysore district and the Mysore division.

Madhubani art (or Mithila painting) is practiced in the Mithila region of Bihar in India and Nepal.

Painting is done with fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks, using natural dyes and pigments, and is characterised by eye-catching geometrical patterns.

There is ritual content for particular occasions, such as birth or marriage, and festivals, such as Holi, Surya Shasti, Kali Puja, Upanayana, Durga Puja.

South Asian languages.

The British Raj (from rāj, literally, "rule" in Hindustani) was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.

The rule is also called Crown rule in India, or direct rule in India.

The region under British control was commonly called British India or simply India in contemporaneous usage, and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and those ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British tutelage or paramountcy, and called the princely states.

The de facto political amalgamation was also called the Indian Empire and after 1876 issued passports under that name.

Thanjavur, formerly Tanjore, is a city in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Thanjavur is an important center of South Indian religion, art, and architecture.

Most of the Great Living Chola Temples, which are UNESCO World Heritage Monuments, are located in and around Thanjavur.

The foremost among these, the Brihadeeswara Temple, is located in the centre of the city.

Thanjavur is also home to Tanjore painting, a painting style unique to the region.