Every aspect of Kerala art blends into this pervasive greenery with perfect harmony. Nothing loud, nothing discordant.
Every work of art maintains a subdued tone.
One can say that the tradition of painting on walls began in Kerala with the pre-historic rock paintings found in the Anjanad valley of Idukki district. Archaeologists presume that these paintings belong to different periods from upper Paleolithic period to early historic period. Rock engravings dating to the Mesolithic period have also been discovered in two regions of Kerala, at Edakkal in Wayanad and at Perumkadavila in Tiruvananthapuram district. It is not difficult to trace the roots of the Kerala mural styles to the more ancient Dravidian art of kalamezhuthu . This was a much more fully developed art form connected with religious rituals.