Calligraphy not limited to Chinese, Arabic language anymore : Syed Beary
Three-day International multilingual calligraphy exhibition, seminar by IIIAC inaugurated
The inaugural ceremony of seminar of the first International multilingual calligraphy exhibition and seminar was held on Friday afternoon at the Falcon's Den at Prestige Falcon Towers here in the city.
Syed Beary, Chairman of Bearys Group and Institute of Indo Islamic Art & Culture ( IIIAC) welcomed the guests and audience at the event and presided over the event.
Syed Beary spoke about how Calligraphy had moved on from being only based in Arabic language and how artists today in most of regional languages of India were practicing calligraphy.
Syed Beary further added that the artists can use calligraphy as a tool to thrive towards building a hate-free society.
"We should spread awareness of calligraphy and its significance among the general public in a bid to revive this historical art. It is with this motive, we had established IIIAC and Miraj 2023 is also a part of that vision.
Mufti Sageer Ahmed, Ameer-e-Shariyat, Karnataka, Principal & Shaikul Hadees, Darul Uloom Sabeelur Rashad, made supplications for the success of the event.
Ziaulla Sheriff, Chairman, India Builders Corporation, Bangalore, Shabeena Sultana, Consul of the Republic of Tunisia, Bangalore and Pusphamala N, Artist, Sculptor, Writer and Curator, Chiranjeevi Singh, IAS, Former Ambassador of India to UNESCO, Paris., Prof. K.C. Janardhan Artist, Sculptor, Calligraphy Maestro, Professor of Management & Penmanship, were guests of honor during the inaugural event.
Ziaulla Sheriff unveiled profiles of Calligraphy artists who have taken part in the exhibition.
Chiranjeevi Singh released brocher of IIIAC. In his address, Chiranjeevi Singh shared his knowledge on the history, and traditional and cultural significance of calligraphy.
Prof. KC Janardan also spoke about how modern technology has taken away little joys of the classical arts and how the newer generations are drifting away from original calligraphy and art of writing.
He also lauded Syed Beary, Bearys Group and Muqtar Ahmed, Principal and Chief calligrapher of IIIAC for their efforts in establishing the IIIAC and promoting calligraphy.
Shabeena Sultana called on people and artists for coming together and uniting through the art and bringing back the lost glory of diversity of the country in testing times of hate and communalism.
Pushpamala shed lights on the history of scripts of various languages of the world.
Muqtar Ahmed presented the vote of thanks.
The event began with the recitation of verses from Holy Quran by Syed Usman while Shaheena and team from Bearys Seaside School Kodi Kundapur voiced prayers.
Mohammed Faisal compered the event which concluded with national anthem.
Several talks, discussions and seminars will also be held as a part of three-day program.
Experts and artists from more than 10 countries including Turkey, Japan, Sudan, and Middle-East will take part in the event. Calligraphy experts in Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and other regional languages will also be a part of the event. The three-day program will continue till March 12 with free entry to arts enthusiasts.
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KSRTC to run 1000 special services to clear Christmas rush
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will operate 1000 additional special services in view of the Christmas festival.
In addition to the existing schedule, the special services will run on 19.12.2025, 20.12.2025 and 24.12.2025. Further, special buses will be operated from various places of intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 26.12.2025 & 28.12.2025.
Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.
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Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.
The corporation has also announced a discount of 5 per cent on the fare if four or more passengers book tickets under a single reservation. A discount of 10 per cent will be extended on return journey tickets if onward and return tickets are booked simultaneously.
In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.
