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Photo Essay | The Kumbh Of Street Art

A tide of graffiti talent takes over Allahabad

Allahabad has a new name. And Prayagraj has been busy painting a new picture.  A 바카라˜paint my city바카라™ campaign is transforming the recently rec­hristened holy city with graffiti. The Kumbh Mela organising committee has asked around five art agencies to fill nearly 3 lakh sq-feet of the city with colourful murals. The brief is straight: ­mythology around Kumbh, the history of ­Allahabad and social programmes of the government. The budget: around Rs 30 crore. The idea of commissioned graffiti might not go too well with a ­rebellious ­Allahabad Banksy, but talented street artists from across cities have interpreted the brief in spectacular ways, adding colour and vibrancy to the city바카라™s walls. The painting effort is part of prep­arations for the Kumbh Mela in ­January next year.

Here바카라™s a peek into some of the artists바카라™ interpretations of the mythologies and histories associated with Allahabad. We caught a massive commuting sadhu on a bicycle, a peaceful Hanuman with long curly locks in prayer, false windows and buffaloes with glow-in-the-dark horns watching the buzzing city traffic go by.

Text & Photographs by Tribhuvan Tiwari

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