Raghurajpur a heritage destination.

If you a penchant for moving off the beaten track, if you want to explore the rural heartland of Odisha, if you want to revel yourself in the distinctive rural lifestyle redolent of art,craft,culture and natural heritage, the Raghurajpur village is the place to be in. The idyllic setting of the village on the southern bank of river Bhagavi, surrounded by coconut, palm,mango,jack fruit groves and other tropical trees give it the identity of a real Indian village. A number of betel vine gardens also dot the surrounding paddy fields.
" The air in Raghurajpur breeds artistry. This quintessential village in odisha can be dubbed a living workshop for artisans ".

The village runs from east to west with houses arranged in two neat rows facing each other. In the centre runs a line of small temple and the lone Bhagbat Tungi, the community meeting place of the villagers.

The temple are dedicated to Bhasuni,the village Goddess (Grama Devati) Radha Mohan,Gopinath,Dasabhuja,Raghunath,Laxminarayan and Gouranga.

The visitors do not come here to only see a typical Odishan village from very close quarters but also to enjoy the rich tradition of Odishan arts and crafts at one place.

it has a community of artisans who produce different varieties of handicraft items like patta paintings, palm leaf engravings, stone carvings, papier-mache toys and mask ,wood carvings, wooden toys, cow-dung toys, tassar paintings etc.

perhaps nowhere in India one finds such a huge collection of so many arts at one place. 

This is also the only village in India where each family is engaged in the profession of preparing some craft items. 

Raghurajpur has 123 house holds having 376 Artists out of which 206 are Male and 170 are female. Some of them are National Award winners. One can find the best tradition of Odishan paintings and some of the finest pieces of work in this village. Due to the constant effort of Late Jagannath Mohapatra and others, this art form became popular in the country and abroad.

 The chitrakaras or painters are the first group who have settled down at Raghurajpur. It is believed that they settled since the time of the construction of shree jagannath temple at puri during 12 century A.D.. Their contribution to the ritualistic activities of LORD Jagannath is more relevant during Ratha Yatra when three paintings on specially treated cloths (pattas) are prepared by the temple artist and hung inside the sanctum-sanctorum for the darshan of the devotees all the colourful paintings on the wooden chariots are also painted by their counterparts at puri.

The artistic overtures of Raghurajpur are also complemented by a living tradition of performing art known as Gatipua,the earlier from of odissi.A worthy son of Odisha, 

Late Padmabibhusan Guru KELU CHARAN MOHAPATRA,

The doyen of Odissi Dance was born in this village and had his early training in Gotipua tradition here. 

The tradition of teaching this dance form to Male adolescent is carried on in this village by the Gurukul of

Late Guru padmashree MAGUNI DAS

(Dasabhuja Gotipua Odissi Nrutya Parisad)

The trainees of the said school are frequently seen performing at both National and international events.