Saturday 29 September 2012

Bangalore's awesome street art

Snarling tigers, statuesque dancers, cricket superstarts, a freeze-frame from Raja Ravi Varma, even a mural from Conan the Barbarian -- these are not ordinary pictures. They are streetside murals in banglore citi...
An Indian auto rickshaw driver passes a wall mural depicting a tiger in Bangalore on July 22, 2010.
An Indian college student walks past a wall mural depicting a tiger in Bangalore on July 30, 2010.
Commuters drive past a painting on the side wall of an under-pass road in Bangalore on November 9, 2009. Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) - Greater Bangalore Municipal Body - has embarked on the idea of painting the city walls with colourful motifs and designs. This will not only make the road-side walls get a character of their own, but also please the eyes of commuters. The exercise is also an effort to get rid of the posters and to provide an employment opportunity to artists and also give them a chance to show their talent.
ndian women pass a wall mural in Bangalore on July 30, 2010.
Sari-clad Indian women stand infront of a mural depicting former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly (L) and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar (R) in Bangalore on July 20, 2010..AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR Sari-clad Indian women stand infront of a mural depicting former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly (L) and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar (R) in Bangalore on July 20,
An Indian couples on a scooter drives past a wall mural in Bangalore on July 21, 2010.
An Indian woman walks past a wall mural depicting Jesus Christ in Bangalore on July 22, 2010.
An Indian man passes a wall mural depicting Conan the Barbarian fighting a dragon in Bangalore on July 30, 2010
An Indian college student stands by a wall mural in Bangalore on July 21, 2010.
An Indian woman walks past a wall mural depicting an elephant in Bangalore on July 21, 2010.
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