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Title: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:18:45 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_01.jpg)
The streets of Bangalore in India are covered with colourful murals. In 2009, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) - the Greater Bangalore Municipal Body - embarked on the idea of painting the city walls with colourful motifs and designs Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:19:09 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_02.jpg)
Scenes from mythology, animals, monuments and sporting heroes are just a few of the themes of the huge paintings on the city's walls Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:19:35 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_03.jpg)
BBMP came up with the idea of the murals to beautify the city and to stop people defacing properties with graffiti or posters Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:20:44 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_04.jpg)
The scheme also provides employment for local artists - more than 100 painters from Bangalore are involved in the scheme Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:23:42 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_05.jpg)
Authorities say they plan to extend the scheme to cover virtually every city wall Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:24:25 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_06.jpg)
Cricketers Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar Go to The NEXT Page for More Pictures >>> Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:25:00 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_07.jpg)
A painting of Sachin Tendulkar on the boundary wall of a sports ground Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:25:38 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_08.jpg)
A painting of Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:26:38 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_09.jpg)
A mural of the Taj Mahal Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:27:10 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_10.jpg)
An elephant on roller skates Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:27:40 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_11.jpg)
A mural depicting a child holding a swan in the palm of his hand Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:28:34 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_12.jpg)
An auto rickshaw driver passes a mural depicting a tiger Go to The NEXT Page for More Pictures >>> Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:29:09 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_13.jpg)
Royal Elephant Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:29:36 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_14.jpg)
Royals Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:30:18 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_15.jpg)
Men walk by murals of Mughal architecture Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:30:47 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_16.jpg)
A man walks by murals depicting deer Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:31:26 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_17.jpg)
Ajanta type mural Title: Re: Beautiful Murals in Bangalore City Post by: Valentino Morrison on February 28, 2011, 05:32:02 AM (http://800002.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/paintings/bangalore_city_murals_18.jpg)
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