SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDING

Farm Lands

• The major occupation of the locals is farming.

• Plantation such as coconut trees, tamarind trees, supari trees, and mango tree are seen in and around the village.

Heritage Temple

• The heart of the village consists of a heritage temple acting as the major attraction in the area.

• Many major festivals such as swadeshi mela, Jaguar hella, Dusshera are celebrated with the footfall of about 4500-5000 people each year.

RAIN WATER HARVESTING (POKHARI)

• Dependency on the harvested water for day to day household activities, religious, fishings etc.

• There exists a tributary of Mahanadi adjacent to the site named as Bhargavi.

Pattachitra Artisttraditional Art

Pattachitra is the most traditional art form found in the streets of Odisha which is painted over the leaves of palm tree,, depicting the Hindu culture.

Fishing

• The water bodies including both natural occurring Bhargavi river and the man made pokhari play a major role in every day life style of the locals.

• there exists a dhobi ghat on the other side of the pokhari , run by a local.

• LOCAL MATERIALS

• Many brick Kilns are seen on the way to the village kapteswar, run by the locals.

• • Day to day production by the team of three is about 1000 bricks .

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• These bricks are made of the local mud called as Balia combined with the

PROPOSAL- DWELLING UNITS ARTIST WORKSHOP ROOM

The front of every artist dwelling unit is used as the workshop for the famous traditional art form called pattachitra. The locals use this place as a display of the work with a sitting space for the visitors.

Rain Water Harvesting Courtyard

The courtyard in every dwelling unit acts as a natural rain water harvesting system which is covered with a hardscape full of pebbles, allowing the water to move freely to the ground.