expats and foreign tourists thronging the footpath of kumara krupa road learnt something new about india at the chitra santhe i needed to buy some paintings for my house and this was a great art festival where we could see so many varied indian art forms this is similar to art festivals in europe and a good way of encouraging artists some of the paintings and handworked art are very pleasing some of them dont reflect the rich culture of this country said anne lamberty expat from germany many foreigners who bought idols of indian gods and paintings of rural india were amazed at the throwaway prices there is a lot of enthusiasm about art indian art is varied and starkly different from each other said katrina jenson medical student on internship from denmark this is so huge its impossible to stop at each stall and choose the few best ones i wish such art festivals are organized every two months said gillian murphy expat from ireland a few others got their portraits done it was also a chance for art students to network with artists and learn more we can interact with artists from across the country said vidya kamalesh final year student of applied art karnataka chitrakala parishath kcp college of fine arts students from other design colleges in bangalore and mysore also thronged the santhe this encourages us for choosing fine arts as a career and also see such varied forms of art said anmol shrivastava firstyear student of srishti school of art design bangalore