Students beautify college walls with murals and Hase Chittara patterns in Shivamogga district of Karnataka

Colourful partition murals and intricate Hase chittara designs warmly greet everyone visiting Sahyadri Commerce and Management College, a constituent assemblage of Kuvempu University, successful Shivamogga. A striking representation of Kuvempu, astatine the entrance, instantly catches the eye, mounting the taste code for the campus.

Visitors often appreciating the skills and the creativity of the artists, enquire with the assemblage medication astir the talented artists down the artwork. The medication takes pridefulness successful revealing that the creators are nary different than students connected the aforesaid field – Rihan A. and Meghana K.S.

Rihan is simply a final-year BA pupil astatine Sahyadri Arts College. Meghana is simply a final-year B.Com pupil astatine Sahyadri Commerce College. They person transformed the plain walls of the field into surviving canvases of creativity and tradition. Both students consciousness a consciousness of joyousness knowing that they volition stay connected the field adjacent aft they graduate. Their creator travel has been supported by main Professor T. Avinash and, Prof. Prakash Margananahalli of the Department of Kannada.

Rihan is simply a autochthonal of Yedehalli successful Bhadravati taluk. He began doodling arsenic a child, and his sketches drew appreciation from parents and relatives. His teachers successful schoolhouse and pre-university assemblage supported his talent. By Class 9, helium had begun penning signboards and partition murals for paltry sums. Over the years, helium painted galore Nali-Kali acquisition panels astatine galore authorities schools.

When helium joined the Sahyadri field for his degree, his endowment was spotted by the faculty. “Motivated by the assemblage administration, I drew paintings and signboards connected the college’s walls. I americium blessed that the assemblage recognised and valued my talent," helium said.

Meghana is simply a autochthonal of Kuruvanthe successful Sagar taluk. She comes from a household of Hase artists. Hase is simply a accepted creation signifier involving drafting geometric patterns. It is fashionable successful the Malnad portion of Karnataka. The artists are specially invited for marriages and different auspicious occasions.

Meghana picked up the accomplishment by observing her grandma Halamma and parent Saroja. When she joined Sahyadri College 2 years ago, she caught the attraction of the faculty, arsenic she mentioned Hase drawings arsenic her hobby successful the introductory class. She was thrilled astatine being fixed the opportunity.

“I americium fortunate that I received encouragement from the main and the staff. I americium blessed that adjacent aft my last exams, a portion of maine volition stay successful the assemblage done my artwork," said Meghana.

Beyond the assemblage buildings and hostel walls, some artists person painted during the National Service Schemes camps held successful respective villages astir Shivamogga. Their enactment has received appreciation from the villagers.