India's Awesome Street Art

Snarling tigers, statuesque dancers, cricket superstarts, a freeze-frame from Raja Ravi Varma, even a mural from Conan the Barbarian -- these are not ordinary pictures. They are streetside murals in Indian cities. An Indian college student walks past a wall mural depicting a tiger in Bangalore on July 30, 2010. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR

Commuters drive past a painting on the side wall of an under-pass road in Bangalore on November 9, 2009. Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) - Greater Bangalore Municipal Body - has embarked on the idea of painting the city walls with colourful motifs and designs. This will not only make the road-side walls get a character of their own, but also please the eyes of commuters. The exercise is also an effort to get rid of the posters and to provide an employment opportunity to artists and also give them a chance to show their talent. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR

Indian women pass a wall mural in Bangalore on July 30, 2010. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR

An Indian pedestrian walks past a wall decorated with a mural in New Delhi on August 1, 2010. AFP PHOTO/MANAN VATSYAYANA

Sari-clad Indian women stand infront of a mural depicting former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly (L) and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar (R) in Bangalore on July 20, 2010..AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR