INTACH to restore painting at St Aloysius Chapel

Team Udayavani, Apr 13, 2018, 12:17 PM IST

Mangaluru: St Aloysius College joined hands with the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) Conservation Institute to complete the ongoing conservation and restoration of ancient wall paintings and oil paintings in the St. Aloysius Chapel here by April 2019

Addressing the media, Nilabh Sinha, Principal Director of the Institute, said that the INTACH was restoring the paintings at the chapel for the second time.

INTACH had earlier worked between 1991 and 1994. The current project began in November 2017. “We will complete the work well within the scheduled 18-month duration,” he said.

Dionysius Vaz, Rector, St. Aloysius Institutions, said the chapel was bearing 1.5 crore cost towards the conservation and restoration.

Sinha said that experts from the institute have cleaned the paintings on the lower side of the walls. Scaffoldings have been placed for the conservation and restoration on the upper portion and the roof of the chapel. “Care is being taken to retain the original form. The work is being done in such a way that there is no harm to paintings for the next 50 years.