Smile ...

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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.

A small girl wearing a beautiful smile on her face!

Ganesh - Tala Pattachitra

Ganesh - Tala Pattachitra, originally uploaded by £$þ.

Palm leaf Pattachitra which in Odia language known as Tala Pattachitra, is a painting drawn on palm leaf. Palm leaves are sewn together to form like a canvas. The images are traced by using black or white ink to fill grooves etched on rows of equal-sized panels of palm leaf that are sewn together.

The name Pattachitra has evolved from the Sanskrit words patta, meaning canvas, and chitra, meaning picture. Pattachitra is thus a painting done on canvas.