bhubaneswar a pattachitra painting from odisha gifted by prime minister narendra modi to his danish counterpart mette frederiksen during her india visit last october adorns a wall in her housetaking modi on a private tour of her residence in copenhagen on tuesday the denmark pm showed the painting from odisha to him union education minister dharmendra pradhan in a series of tweet wrote that the particular pattachitra describes the court of lord sri ramindias soft power and odishas treasure in the form of pattachitra painting adorns the denmark pm he frederiksens residence she gave a tour of her residence to hon pm narendramodi ji and showed the painting gifted by pm modi during her last india visit proud moment the union minister tweeteddiscussion between the two pm on odishas painting shows the richness of odisha and its traditional art pradhan further wrotethe painting illuminates the main events from the epic ramayana highlighting the life and ideals of sri rampattachitra on cloths are among the distinct conventional art forms of odisha through these iconic paintings the chitrakar community depicts stories from ramayana mahabharata of krishna leela and incarnations of lord vishnuodishaborn karnataka cadre indian forest service officer dipika bajpai who has been popularising pattachitra globally using social media tweeted there is no better gift than a slice of your cultural heritage in the form of traditional arts and crafts