Allahabad has a new name. And Prayagraj has been busy painting a new picture. A 바카라˜paint my city바카라™ campaign is transforming the recently recÂhristened 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: Âmythology around Kumbh, the history of ÂAllahabad and social programmes of the government. The budget: around Rs 30 crore. The idea of commissioned graffiti might not go too well with a Ârebellious ÂAllahabad 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 prepÂarations for the Kumbh Mela in ÂJanuary 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
