Aiming to provide a platform for marketing of the products of the clusters and individual artisans, a terracotta craft exhibition, 'Mruttika-2019' was inaugurated in Bhubaneswar.Speaking at the inauguration event, Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, Development Commissioner, Odisha said that it was a big opportunity for the terracotta artisans to sell their products directly to the consumers, right ahead of Diwali."From the past 13 years, we have been organizing the terracotta exhibition at the state level. It is a big opportunity for artists to market their products just before the Diwali festival. In future, we will try to give more such opportunities to them," Mohapatra told ANI here.The event inaugurated on Saturday is organised by the Directorate of Handicrafts and Cottage Industries, Odisha and will be held from October 19 to 25.Close to 200 artisans from 20 districts across the state are participating in the exhibition.Mohapatra also said that the Odisha government is committed to ...
