Mangaluru: The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) Mangaluru Chapter will launch Album of the Porches, a week-long photographic exhibition documenting the distinctive architecture of Mangalorean Catholic homes. The event opens on October 4, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. at Kodialguthu Centre for Art and Culture, Mangaluru, with Ronald Gomes, President of the Catholic Association of South Kanara, presiding. It will run until October 11, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., offering a glimpse into a fading cultural legacy.

Mangalorean Catholic houses, with their Mangalore tile roofs, welcoming verandas, and intimate prayer altars, fuse European and South Indian architectural styles. INTACH’s project, led by architect Subhas Basu, with photographer Murali Abbemane and researcher Sharvani Bh

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