Dasabhuja Gotipua Odissi Nrutya Parisad Gurukul.
Visitors photograph the painted houses and leave without asking about the Gotipua gurukul that has trained boys for Odissi's pre-modern form for generations — under Padma Shri Guru Maguni Charan DasWHY NOBODY KNOWS
Goti = single, Pua = boy: 5-15-year-old boys dress as girls and perform devotional dance to Jagannath and Vishnu — the form historians credit as the precursor to classical Odissi, taught residentially at this gurukul which welcomes serious visitors — see https://www.heritageartculture.com/
