Art And Craft

This highly skilled art form is more than 500 years old and is traditionally done by local artisans on the Eastern shores of Odisha.Presently, the silver filigree workers are largely from the district of Cuttack, where the art flourishes. According to sources, the art may have come to Odisha through its trade links with Indonesia as the workmanship is similar to that done in Indonesia. Tarakasi is a type of silver Filigree work from Cuttack, a city from Odisha in the eastern part of India. Forms of animals, birds, flowers and even miniature handbags and other souvenirs are made in...