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How One Artist Gave a Face to India's Gods

Look closely at any traditional image of Goddess Lakshmi, Saraswati, or Parvati. Have you ever wondered who imagined those divine faces? For centuries, people worshipped gods and goddesses through idols and sacred symbols. Then one artist changed everything. His paintings became so popular that they shaped how generations of Indians…

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Met Gala 2026: India’s Boldest Looks That Stunned the World

What happens when tradition meets the world’s biggest fashion stage? At Met Gala 2026, the answer was impossible to ignore. Under the theme “Fashion Is Art,” celebrities didn’t just wear outfits they became living expressions of creativity. And this time, India didn’t just show up it stood out. From hand-painted…

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Raja Ravi Varma painting sells for €15.4 million setting a new record for Indian art

A 19th century painting by Indian maestro Raja Ravi Varma sold for a record breaking €15 milllion has set a new benchmark for Indian modern art.

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Iconic 19th century painting by Raja Ravi Varma sells for record £13.4m

Buyer pledges public display, but uncertainty lingers over how often work will be seen

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First true copy of Ravi Varma’s Indulekha to be unveiled on Monday

Unveiling of Raja Ravi Varma's Indulekha painting copy at Kilimanoor Palace on his 176th birth anniversary.

The Hindu

Book on Raja Ravi Varma to be released on March 1

The Hindu

Meet the makers of Madhampatti’s golu dolls

Sankaralingam & son Jaisurya craft golu dolls in Madhampatti, using paper mache, Plaster-of-Paris moulds & hand-painting

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CM to open Ravi Varma art gallery on Monday

Forty-six paintings of Raja Ravi Varma, besides chromolithographs and pencil sketches by the royal artist, will get a dedicated space of their own

The Hindu

Apparao Galleries’ exhibition of paintings is a tribute to India’s modern art movement

The exhibition, Ruminations on India: A trail of artworks on paper, is raising funds for an educational institute while showcasing over 100 artworks of country’s top modernist artists, including Somnath Hore, SH Raza, Amrita Sher-Gil, MF Husain, Jamini Roy and Tyeb Mehta

The Hindu

Colonial Bengal explored through ‘pat’ paintings at DAG’s art show in Delhi

DAG exhibition on art from early 20th Century Bengal

The Hindu

Governor moots Bharat Ratna for Raja Ravi Varma

Hailing Raja Ravi Varma as an artist who had raised India’s stature to the highest planes of artistic excellence, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan said here on Saturday that the posthumous conferment of Bharat Ratna would be a befitting tribute to his genius

The Hindu

‘Parsi Lady’, last unfinished work of Ravi Varma, to be up for public display

An unfinished painting by Raja Ravi Varma, who redefined Indian art traditions during the colonial times, will soon be in the public domain.

The Hindu

Watch | A tour of Kilimanoor Palace, the home of eminent artist Raja Ravi Varma

Kilimanoor Palace near Thiruvananthapuram was the birthplace of artist Raja Ravi Varma

The Hindu

Seminar on Raja Ravi Varma today

The Department of Museums and Zoos here will organise the seminar

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Raja Ravi Varma’s unfinished works to be unveiled at Kilimanoor Palace on 175th birth anniversary

This article from The Hindu highlights the unveiling of two unfinished works of the legendary artist Raja Ravi Varma at Kilimanoor Palace near Thiruvananthapuram. Learn about the significance of the works and their historical importance to Indian art.

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Scamsters sketch escape route through works of art

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He coaxes grandeur out of jaded paintings

S. Madhan, who restored 21 paintings of Raja Ravi Varma, calls the process a combo of art and science

The Hindu

Ravi Varma’s unsung Indulekha to be auctioned soon

The authenticity of the work, which was in private collection, was verified last year

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Kilimanoor Palace makes a strong case for Ravi Varma’s Bharat Ratna

Ahead of the artist’s 175th birth anniversary, a proposal to Centre highlights his works’ indelible impact on generations

The Hindu

Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan’s book, ‘Good Innings: The Extraordinary, Ordinary Life of Lily Tharoor’, celebrates her mother

The author says the book is a tribute to a strong matriarch

The Hindu

Artists’ residency studio opened at Kilimanoor

Artists can camp and engage in creative pursuits at Akademi facility

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