20/11/2025
The Embassy of India, Helsinki, is organising an 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 celebrating the spirit of patriotism and creativity. Young artists are invited to showcase their talent and personal interpretation of the theme.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞: Vande Mataram
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭 & 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲: 10 January 2026
𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: Espoo International School
𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬
The artwork must be original and handmade.
Participants may use any style or medium—painting, sketch, doodle, watercolour, acrylic, charcoal, etc. The artwork can be made on paper or canvas, but the size must not exceed A3.
The competition is open to children residing in Finland, aged 6–18 years.
Only one entry per participant is allowed.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭
Entries may be sent in any of the following ways:
𝐁𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭:
Embassy of India – Culture Wing
Kulosaarentie 32, 00570 Helsinki
Please mention “Online Painting Competition” on the envelope.
𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐁𝐨𝐱:
Entries may also be placed in the Embassy’s post box at the same address.
Please include your 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 on the envelope.
𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬
6–10 years
11–14 years
15–18 years
𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
Submission Deadline: 𝟒 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝟏𝟕:𝟎𝟎 𝐡𝐫𝐬
The Embassy reserves the right to publish submitted entries.
Awards for the top three entries in each age category will be presented by the Ambassador of India on 10 January 2026 at Espoo International School.
For queries, please contact: 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢@𝐦𝐞𝐚.𝐠𝐨𝐯.𝐢𝐧
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