Mangaluru: “Kaaveenayana”, an art exhibition featuring a collection of Kaavi paintings by Veena Srinivas, is all set to mesmerize art lovers in and around Mangaluru. 

The exhibition will be inaugurated on Friday, January 8 at Prasad Art Gallery, Ballalbagh in Mangaluru by MRPL Corp Comm & Skill Development Centre General Manager Lakshmi M Kumaran.

The chief guest of the ceremony will be Karnataka Janapada Vishwavidyalaya Prachyasanchaya Shamsodhan Kendra Founder Director Prof S A Krishnaiah and Karnataka Konkani SAhitya Academy (Dept. of Kannada & Culture) President Roy Castelino will be presiding over the same.

The exhibition will be open to art lovers from January 9 to 12 starting from 10am to 7pm.

About Kaavi Art:

Kaavi art is a form of murals found in Konkan region especially in temples of Goa, parts of coastal Maharashtra and Karnataka. Kaavi murals can also be seen in old houses, small shrines and rarely walls of Roman Catholic Churches.

The term Kaav refers to Indian red pigment which is the only color used in this painting is obtained from the laterite soil. Artistically drawn and well executed, reddish brown murals against white sandblasted backgrounds are the specialties of Kaavi art.