Image:Kerala_Mural.jpg Mural style painting.]] Ancient temples, churches and palaces in Kerala, South_India, display an abounding tradition of Mural paintings mostly dating back between the 9th to 12th centuries AD when this form of art enjoyed Royal patronage. The murals of Thirunadhikkara_Cave_Temple (now ceded to Tamil_Nadu) and Tiruvanchikulam are considered the oldest relics of Kerala’s own style of murals. Fine mural paintings are depicted in temples at Trikodithanam, Ettumanur, Vaikom, Udayanapuram, Triprangode, Guruvayoor, the Vadakkunathan temple in Trichur and the Sri_Padmanabhaswamy_temple at Thiruvananthapuram. Other mural sites are in the churches at Edappalli, Vechur, Cheppad and Mulanthuruthi, and at palaces such as the Krishnapuram Palace at Kayamkulam and the Padmanabhapuram_Palace. The traditional style mural art form, using natural pigments and vegetable colours, is being revived by a new genre of artists actively involved in researching and teaching mural art a the Sree Sankara Sanskrit College in Kalady and also at a mural art school associated with the Guruvayoor temple. {{Kerala}}