Thane Kala Bhavan

Yesterday I visited Thane Kala Bhavan, the art gallery built by Thane Municipal Corporation near Kapurbavdi Naka.
It’s a fine initiative started by the TMC and kudos to it for that. The art gallery was a long pending need of the city which boasts population in excess of 1.5 million and is termed as cultural sub capital of the state of Maharashtra.
The gallery is spread over 3 floors and has 16000 square feet of space dedicated to history of the city, fine arts, presentations and conferences.

The first gallery on the ground floor –“Ulhas” depicts the historical, geographical and cultural facts about the city. It gives information about various landmarks of the city and how they were built.

The three floors contain art galleries “Bhatsa’, “Tansa” and “Vaitarna” that are dedicated to various art shows and exhibitions. The galleries give a 360 degree view to the patrons.

Currently the gallery is holding a group exhibition of paintings - Stroke of Trinity, by Mr. Madan Mane, Mr. C.V. Gadkari and Mr. Sagar Bondre. The seiries of paintings titled “Reflections” by Mr. Mane is particularly exceptional.

The third floor contains state of the art conference hall "Upvan" that plyas host to various presentations and slide shows. I watched a vary interesting and informative slide show by Mr. Girish Vaze about fauna of Mumbai city. Did you know that you can watch about 360 species of birds in and around Mumbai?

The gallery also has 2 conference halls dedicated for workshops and performing art and a library.

Thaneites can witness established as well as upcoming artists' work through the exhibitions. The gallery has already garnered a very good response from the citizens.