The three paintings out of the around other 40 paintings of gods and goddesses exhibited in the gallery were removed in the wake of threat of protest by the public over phone and also a request from police that it might create a law and order problem, Chief Administrator Officer of Chitrakala Parishath Shridhar told PTI.u00a0

The paintings were the works of Arvind Sainath Krishnamani, he said.u00a0