In Orissa, replicas of shrines, or whole complexes of pilgrimage centre, were pigment-painted on seasoned boned clothes, and sold as souvenirs. The patachitras find their roots in this tradition. In addition to highly stylized paintings of the puri temple, religious themes of the incarnations of Visnu, scenes from the Ramayana, Mahabharata, the puranas, the legends of Krsna, various local deities, and scenes from festivals, are also painted. Paintings are created in an ornate and vital traditional Orissan style. The painters who belong to the Duta Mahapatra and Citrakara community live in puri, Bolangir, Sambalpur, and Ganjam Districts.