Mural paintings from God’s own country

The exhibition will showcase paintings from seventeenth to nineteenth century that adorn the walls of Kerala's many temples and shrines

Chitravali, an exquisite exhibition of mural paintings from Kerala, will be presented by Kala Dhwani at Chitramayee State Art Gallery in Madhapur from October 8 to 10.

The exhibition will showcase paintings from seventeenth to nineteenth century that adorn the walls of Kerala's many temples and shrines. Apart from the exhibition, a key highlight would be the presentations on the art of painting tradition by various artists.

Kerala style mural paintings capture the rich heritage of artistic traditions and reveal the well-defined principles, practices and techniques for paintings throughout the state. Subjects and themes vary across the large pantheon of Hindu Gods and Goddesses drawn from the descriptions of scriptures and texts. Kerala murals are a stylised art form characterised by the simplicity of subjects, technical excellence, bold but delicate strokes, bright and beautiful colours.

The exhibition will display some of the rare and important murals from the seventeenth and eighteenth century and earlier when mural tradition flourished and was at its peak.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on October 8 at 11 am by Padmasree awardee Jagdish Mittal. The event will also see poet Narender Rai Srivastav, heritage activist M Vedakumar, Nizam’s Museum curator D Bhaskar Rao and others.