The colourful murals and shapes depicting the stories of Gods and Goddesses are all about wood workshop ‘Kerala Mural Workshop’. A mural art workshop is being organized at Arera Colony that began here from Monday.

The workshop focuses on the art of Kerala. Here on Monday, the participants learned to carve the portraits of gods and goddesses. The participants also carved out stories related to those gods and goddesses. Interestingly, there is no proper body shape of figures in this art. From geometrical shapes to abstract, the artists can figure out their work belonging to their perception.

Notably, the wooden craft is one of the ancients craft and also depicts about the art that began with the human race. The stories of daily life and happenings in the surroundings were carved on wood and this is how wooden craft all began.

It is to be noted that Kerala mural paintings are the paintings  depicting Hindu mythology and legends, which are drawn on the walls of temples and churches in South India, principally in Kerala. Ancient temples and palaces in Kerala, South India, display an abounding tradition of mural paintings mostly dating back between the 9th to 12th centuries CE when this form of art enjoyed Royal patronage. These days even Churches in Kerala are commissioning mural paintings with Christian motifs.

The scriptural basis of these paintings can be found in the Sanskrit texts. Some of the murals in Kerala are found in the churches at Cheppad, Alappuzha, Paliekkara, Thiruvalla, Angamaly and Akapparambu.