One monsoon day in 1757, in the mango orchards of Plassey, a town that stands between Calcutta and Murshidabad, the British established their empire defeating Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula’s forces. And so, to this land stretching from the foothills of the Himalayas to the steaming marshes through which a thousand tributaries flow into the Bay of Bengal, […]
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Mohiniyattam danseuse Gayathri Madhusudan | Photo Credit: Anil Ayyur Raja Ravi Varma’s lines, of art and of verse, captivated Mohiniyattam danseuse Gayathri Madhusudan ever since she happened to see Vinod Mankara’s documentary on the artist, When the Brush Dropped, about six years ago. As much as she was enchanted by the poetry in the paintings, […]
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Watch | A tour of Kilimanoor Palace, the home of eminent artist Raja Ravi Varma The Kilimanoor Palace near Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala was where eminent artist Raja Ravi Varma was born in 1848. The palace has a majestic archway entrance, built in the native architectural style of Kerala, with wide verandahs, courtyards and long corridors. In […]
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Sita, one of the Panchkanya (five women) painted by Raja Ravi Varma, will come alive at the Orientation Hall of Bihar Museum, on April 29, to commemorate the 175th birth anniversary of Raja Ravi Varma. Organised by Bengaluru-based Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation (RRVHF), the premiere of Sita, a 45-minute monodrama by Anjana Manish Chandak is […]
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Nine of Ravi Varma’s chromolithographs will be exhibited at the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Nine chromolithographs belonging to the Bengaluru-based Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation will soon be on view at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, as part of its upcoming show ‘Bollywood Superstars: A Short Story of Indian Cinema’. Modernist painter Raja Ravi Varma’s legacy is […]
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Modernist painter Raja Ravi Varma’s first commissioned painting, Kizhakke Palat Krishna Menon & Family | Photo Credit: Delhi Art Gallery At the intimate space of the Delhi Art Gallery (DAG), inside the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Colaba, a historic painting is under the spotlight. It is a family portrait by India’s first modernist painter, […]
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