Chitra Santhe to be held on January 7 in Bengaluru  

Over 1,500 artists from 22 States volition enactment successful the 21^st variation of Chitra Santhe, which volition beryllium held connected January 7, successful Bengaluru. This year’s variation of the yearly creation fair, organised by Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath (KCP), is dedicated to the achievements of Indian scientists successful abstraction probe and related activities. The creation just volition beryllium inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah connected January 7.

The organisers received a full of 2,726 applications this year, including from nonrecreational artists, hobby artists, accepted painters, creation students and institutions. Around 1,386 (51%) applications were from Karnataka, 7.6% from specially-abled artists, and 6% from elder national artists.

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“We person not rejected the exertion of immoderate specially-abled creator and elder national artists,” said B. L. Shankar, president, KCP. 

While the creation stalls would beryllium acceptable up arsenic accustomed wrong the KCP field connected Kumara Krupa Road and Crescent Road, further 300 stalls would beryllium acceptable up successful Seva Dal crushed arsenic good arsenic the work roads nether the Shivananda Circle alloy flyover from Shivananda Circle to Gururaja Kalyana Mantapa to cater to the needs of the immense fig of applicants and to make dedicated spaces for specially-abled artists and elder national artists.  

“We volition accommodate astir 150 artists successful each of the further venues. The set-up astatine Seva Dal crushed volition person dedicated facilities for elder citizens and specially-abled artists,” Mr. Shankar said.  

Around 5 lakh persons are expected to sojourn the Chitra Santhe this year. After receiving complaints from visitors astir parking hassles implicit the years, this time, BMTC metro feeder buses volition beryllium arranged from B. R. Ambedkar, Vidhana Soudha, Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, Majestic and Mantri Square Sampige Road metro stations to Chitra Santhe. 

Mobility app Namma Yatri volition deploy 30 women-driven autorickshaws to supply last-mile connectivity to artists and the visitors.  

Chitra Santhe volition person a show of assorted artworks, including Mysuru and Tanjore accepted paintings, Rajasthani and Madhubani benignant creation work, different traditional, modern and modern creation work.