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Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath

An art complex on Kumarakrupa Road founded in 1960, with galleries of permanent collections (including Nicholas Roerich, Mysore paintings and leather puppets), rented exhibition halls and a fine arts college.

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Brick buildings beside an old tree on the Chitrakala Parishath campus
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Why it’s worth it

Its museum galleries hold a large Roerich Himalayan series and traditional Mysore paintings, and the rented halls bring a changing line-up of shows.

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