In the case of this never-before-seen artwork, Ravi Varma found his muse in his eldest granddaughter and the last ruling queen of Travancore – maharani Sethu Lakshmi Bayi. Conceptualised by Raja ...
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 ...