Sree Chitra Art Gallery is an art gallery in Thiruvananthapuram , India , established in 1935. It is located towards the northern side of the Napier Museum . It was inaugurated by Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma . The gallery features a unique collection of traditional and contemporary paintings, including the works of Raja Ravi Varma , Nicholas Roerich , Svetoslav Roerich , Jamini Roy , Rabindranath Tagore , V. S. Valiathan , C. Raja Raja Varma , and K. C. S. Paniker .There are approximately 1100 paintings at the gallery. The art gallery has on display works from the Mughal, Rajput, Bengal, Rajastani, and Tanjore schools of art. It also has an oriental collection of Chinese , Japanese , and Balinese paintings, Tibetan Thangka , and unique collections of Indian mural paintings from pre-historic times.Other items of interest include mini...