Chennai, April 12 -- Graffitis, vibrant, slogan-filled walls that once formed the hallmark and defined the election season in Tamil Nadu are slowly disappearing, replaced by the silent scroll of smartphones and the glow of digital screens.

What was once a colorful, street-level spectacle has now shifted into the virtual realm, leaving behind cleaner walls and quieter livelihoods.

For decades, wall paintings served as the heartbeat of political campaigning across the state, as political parties vie with each other to book their space, offering a decent earnings for painters and wall writersas party symbols, candidate faces and catchy slogans would appear overnight, transforming entire neighborhoods into visual battlegrounds.

But this elec...