In the 1890s, for example, Ravi Varma had his 20-year-old daughter pose in different ways with her baby son for the camera, using these images to produce his celebrated There Comes Papa.

This aspiration led to the founding of the Raja Ravi Varma Press in 1894 in Mumbai. Here, he created his first oleograph, Shakuntala Janam, which became the central theme of Kandwal’s exhibition.

Celebrating the life and legacy of legendary artist Raja Ravi Varma, a musical tribute will be paid here on Tuesday by the Kilimanoor Palace, where he was born and worked initially, on the ...