Made in clay

Gulbarga: Anandbabu M Amberkhane is an artist specialising in clay sculptures for over a decade now. Hailing from Gulbarga, 33-year-old Anandbabu completed his master’s degree in sculpture from the Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts, Mysore.

An artist of repute, Anandbabu has participated in many State and national level camps and workshops. His solo show at the Daira Centre for Art and Culture in Hyderabad has been a huge success.
Anandbabu is also a recipient of many awards for his works of art, like the prestigious Karnataka Shilpa Kala Academy Annual Award in 2007, gold medal in the third All India Art Contest at the Tasmiya Art House in Gulbarga in 1999 and so on.

His works of art are on permanent display at the Vinyas Art Gallery, Chennai, Infosys, Bangalore, and Karnataka Shilp Kala Academy, Bangalore.

Rehaman Patel

Sasyakashi of Jainakashi

Moodbidri: Moodbidri, which is known as Jainakashi, has another attraction. At Mijar near Moodbidri on Mangalore road is an attractive garden named Shobhavana, spread over 100 acres. Better known as sasyakashi, this garden has hundreds of medicinal herbs that have been planted precisely as specified in the ancient Ayurvedic texts. Every plant has a board displaying its name in both English and Kannada.
Shobhavana was started ten years ago by Dr M Mohan Alva, president of Alva’s Education Foundation, in memory of his wife late Ms Shobha. The garden is a great source of information, especially for the students of Botany and Ayurveda and hence attracts students from various parts of the State.
Sadananda Hegdekatte