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Assam’s Sanchipat Puthi Chitra Gains National Recognition At Exhibition
Sanchipat Puthi Chitra is a traditional art form from Assam.
Artists make its manuscripts using the processed bark of the sanchi tree.
They write texts and add paintings and decorative designs.
The manuscripts can contain religious, literary and cultural stories.
This art helped people preserve knowledge before modern printing existed.
Artist Sujit Das created a work called Dashavatar in this style.
His work was selected for the 65th National Exhibition of Art in New Delhi.
This gave Assam’s old manuscript tradition attention across India.
Artist Sujit Das’s Dashavatar was selected for the 65th National Exhibition of Art, 2026.
The exhibition was organised by the Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi.
Sanchipat Puthi Chitra reportedly entered the national exhibition for the first time.
Sanchipat manuscripts are made from processed bark of the sanchi tree.
The tradition combines handwritten texts, illustrations, natural colours and decorative motifs.
- Who
- Assamese artist Sujit Das and the Lalit Kala Akademi are central to the event.
- What
- Sujit Das’s Dashavatar, associated with Sanchipat Puthi Chitra, was selected for the 65th National Exhibition of Art.
- Where
- The exhibition was organised in New Delhi.
- When
- The exhibition is identified as the 65th National Exhibition of Art, 2026.
- Why
- The selection brought national attention to Assam’s traditional manuscript-painting heritage.
Key facts
- Art form
- Sanchipat Puthi Chitra
- Artist
- Sujit Das
- Selected work
- Dashavatar
- Exhibition
- 65th National Exhibition of Art, 2026
- Organiser
- Lalit Kala Akademi
- Location
- New Delhi
- Traditional material
- Processed bark of the sanchi tree
Sources
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