Venkatesh Daggubati returns as the chaotic and complex Naga Naidu in Rana Naidu Season 2, premiering June 13 on Netflix.

A Life in Art, documents the life and work of the modernist artist, one of the pioneers of Malaysia’s post-independence art ...

Indeed, the boy was so handsome and well-proportioned that the artist Raja Ravi Varma had had him model as Lord Rama for his painting, Sri Rama Vanquishing the Sea. But the rani selected the ...

Join an extraordinary lineup of literary icons, including Amb. Abhay K, Arun Anand, Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri, Dr. Aishwarya Pandit, Ravi Shankar Etteth, Pavan K. Varma, Nityanand Misra, Shrijeet ...

Ravi Varma later created fourteen large-scale paintings for the Dubar Hall of the Lakshmi Vilas Palace. Raja Ravi Varma’s art was not just restricted to people’s drawing rooms. From Indian cinema, ...

Raja Ravi Varma, often called India's king of kitsch ... Doe-eyed Menaka, the nymph, tempting the sage Vishwamitra; Lakshmi, goddess of wealth, poised upon a lotus; Vishnu astride Garuda, serpent ...

Ravi Varma's paintings were strikingly different ... Prints became very popular, especially the ones portraying Goddess Lakshmi and Saraswathy. Even a century after his demise, the influence ...

Many of Raja Ravi Varma's divine figures are rich with subtle symbols that hint at their deeper significance. Take his portrayal of Lakshmi, for instance; she often appears with a lotus or a pot of ...

The real breakthrough came when I brought Raja Ravi Varma’s paintings ... Sreemoolam Thirunal Rama Varma, and Pooradam Thirunal Sethu Lakshmi Bayi were among those featured in the ...

Raja Ravi Varma's art not only revived traditional Indian ... Menaka, the nymph, seduces the sage Vishwamitra; Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity, sits on a lotus flower; Vishnu sits on his ...

Walking through Lakshmi Vilas, with its vast halls filled with art curated ... Its sprawling Indo-Saracenic architecture, opulent chandeliers, and grand halls lined with Ravi Varma’s masterpieces ...

His work broke through class barriers. Suddenly, a farmer in a village could have a piece of Ravi Varma in his home, worshipping Saraswati or Lakshmi as painted by the master,” Prem Kandwal, curator ...