Research & acknowledgements
Good stories
begin with good sources.
Our introductions distinguish documented craft traditions from the provenance of an individual piece.
Craft research
- Gaatha: Tala Pattachitra documentation
- Odisha Tourism: Raghurajpur
- Crafts Council of Odisha: Pattachitra & Palm Leaf Engraving
- D'source / NID Bengaluru: Channapatna making process
- D'source / NID Bengaluru: tools and colour
- Incredible India: Channapatna Toys & Dolls
- IP India: Orissa Pattachitra, application 88
- IP India: Channapatna Toys & Dolls, application 23
Sources reviewed on 24 September 2026. Registration details are reported from the official register. No claim is made that GolGadi is an authorised GI user or that the pictured references are certified products.
Image credits
Talapatra tree artwork and wooden figurine: photographs supplied to GolGadi for this website. Artist attribution and individual provenance are not yet documented. The original final GolGadi logo files are retained with the website package.
Pattachitra of Jagannath: Patrick.zip, Wikimedia Commons, dedicated under CC0 1.0. Website copies are resized and compressed. Used as an editorial craft reference, not as a product listing.
Pattachitra artist at work in Odisha: Euphoric Captures, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Included in the asset library for editorial use with this attribution. It does not represent a GolGadi partnership or endorsement.
Corrections & contributions
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