Kerala mural paintings are the frescoes depicting Hindu mythology and legends painted on temple and church walls in South India , mainly in Kerala. Ancient temples and palaces in Kerala, South India, exhibit an abundant tradition of mural paintings mostly dating from the 9th to 12th centuries CE when this form of art enjoyed royal patronage. Christian churches near BVM Cherpunkel College in Kerala lately commissioned local-style mural paintings with Christian subjects.

The Thirunadhikkara Cave Temple and Tiruvanchikulam murals are considered to be the oldest relics of Kerala's own wall style. Kerala mural art masterpieces include: the Ettumanoor Shiva Temple, the Mattancherry Palace Ramayana Walls, and the Vadakkumnatha kshetram. The mural painting "Gajendra Moksham" in the Krishnapuram Palace near Kayamkulam, the mural painting of Anantha Shayanam in the Pallikurup Mahavishnu Temple in Mannarkkad and the mural paintings in the sanctum of Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram are very well known. In the churches at Cheppad, Alappuzha, Paliekkara, Thiruvalla, Angamaly and Akapparambu some of the murals in Kerala are located.

Many fine mural paintings are depicted in Trikodithanam temples, Vaikom temple, Pundarikapuram, Udayanapuram, Triprangode, Guruvayoor, Kumaranalloor, Aymanam, Trichur Vadakkunathan temple, Kannur Thodeekkalam temple and Thiruvananthapuram Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple. Other mural sites are in Ollur, Chalakkudy, Kanjoor, Edappally, Vechur, and Mulanthuruthy churches, and in palaces like the Krishnapuram Palace near Kayamkulam and Padmanabhapuram Palace, among others.
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