Lekhamoda, a rock shelter with paintings and engravings, is situated in
Sundargarh District and is about 4 km north of
Kanika. The rock shelters of Lekhamoda group have the richest repository rock art in Orissa with 502 specimen of paintings and 36 specimens of engravings.
These paintings are of different types ranging from decorative patterns and frog figures to unidentified symbols. Deer and pangolin are recurring images in these rock paintings. Others include man and animal, man with matrix and man in his environs.
