mangaluru an exhibition titled islamic calligraphy a divine art held in mangaluru under the aegis of institute of indoislamic art and culture iiiac opened a window to the world of islamic calligraphy on sunday the first exhibitioncumsale of islamic calligraphy held at bearys valencia on sunday attracted a large numbers of visitors who appreciated the various typefaces of the ancient art the calligraphy of jeli thuluth and naskh scripts with verses from quran hadis proverbs in arabic and urdu drawn on parchments adorned the walls of the exhibition hall iiiac principal and chief calligrapher ustad muqtar ahmed taught over 50 students and enthusiasts who took part in the sevenday crash course on islamic calligraphy ahmed told toi that the workshop and exhibition on calligraphy has received enormous response from people of mangaluru calligraphy is an art which involves the coordination of the brain eyes and hands it combines knowledge with skill calligraphy is flourishing not only in islamic nations but also in western and european countries he said