Raja Ravi Varma was born on April 29, 1848, in Tanjavore, present-day Tamil Nadu. Varma's paintings require no introduction. His way of presenting Hindu gods made it possible for the common people ...

The ‘Prints of the Divine’ exhibition, on till 31 March 2025, brings together over a hundred rare oleographs, lithographic ...

His prints are now considered the height of retro-chic. Revered and reviled. ... The Raja Ravi Varma Foundation was set up in 2015, by his great-great granddaughter Rukmani Bayi Thampuran, ...

And often, it was the Ravi Varma prints which were the first images of gods to enter Hindu homes across the country. “A copy of Saraswathi printed at Ravi Varma’s press cost ₹2 in the late ...

The Ravi Varma Fine Art Lithographic Press made art accessible to the common man, but closed in the 1980s. Ganesh rescued prints from demolition contractors and antique dealers.

Ravi Varma was born in Kilimanoor, Kerala, 25 miles from the capital city of Trivandrum, in April 1848, ... His prints are now considered the height of retro-chic. Revered and reviled.