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The name kalighat pata is applied to a class of paintings and drawings on paper produced by a group of artists called patuas in the neighbourhood of the famous Kali Temple at Kalighat in Calcutta in the 19th and early 20th centuries.Colonial rule had destroyed the equilibrium of Bengal village life. Wandering scroll painters from the districts of Murshidabad, Birbhum, Hoogly, etc settled down near the Kalighat temple to paint their depictions of gods and goddesses as well as scenes from contemporary life and times.The patuas reflected in their paintings the incoherence of urban life of the Calcutta babus.In recent times, one artist belonging to a family of patuas, Bhaskar Chitrakar of Kalighat, is reviving this style.This work is a part of his Babu-Bibi series, where he takes inspiration from old Kalighat patachitras but gives them a contemporary and humorous twist.Due to different computer/laptop monitors and different screen resolutions, the colors on your product may vary from the colors in the image you see here.It comes without frame.