On entering these premises, you feel you have entered an art village. The first thing that catches your attention is the intriguing worli art in red on the yellow-painted compound wall. This art is also seen on the main building. The three abstract stone structures placed in an open area on the premises adds colour to the scene.
This is the new look of the Block Resource Centre (BRC) of Bantwal on the outskirts of Mangaluru, which oversees educational activities in schools in Bantwal educational block of Dakshina Kannada district. This is the place where many teachers undergo refresher training and where physically challenged children from different schools in the taluk come twice a week for physiotherapy sessions.
“As this centre is buzzing with activities, we thought of giving a new feel to it,” says Rajesh B.R., Block Resource Coordinator, the person who worked on the new look of the old government building.
Mr. Rajesh assigned the task of giving a new look to the building to a team of 18 art teachers led by Taranath Kairangala. In period of one month, these artists came up with worli art paintings that have changed the complexion of the building.
The entry to the premises has paintings depicting native culture, namely Kambla, Koli Anka (cockfight), Bhootada Kola and Aati Kalenja. There is a huge painting depicting Ksheera Bhagya, Akshara Daasoha and other welfare schemes of the government at the building entrance.
The meeting room of teachers has a painting of Lord Krishna speaking to his disciples by sitting below a banyan tree. Similar paintings are seen in the refurbished Information Centre and Computer Centre.
Nearly ₹7 lakh has been spent to give a makeover of the BRC. Teachers’ associations and other social organisations bore the expenses. The renovated building has been in operation since August 2016. District in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai has promised to provide a new rehabilitation centre for physically disabled children on the building premises.
