Sacred and Spiritual

From Temple to Canvas, From Faith to Form is an invitation to experience art as devotion, where image becomes presence and colour becomes prayer. Tracing a journey across centuries of Indian art, the exhibition explores how faith transforms from icon to abstraction, from ritual to reflection. More than a survey of styles, it is a meditation on the sacred, an unfolding of light, breath, and belief across time.

Works

Installation

Sacred and Spiritual

From Temple to Canvas, From Faith to Form is an invitation to experience art as devotion, where image becomes presence and colour becomes prayer. Tracing a journey across centuries of Indian art, the exhibition explores how faith transforms from icon to abstraction, from ritual to reflection. More than a survey of styles, it is a meditation on the sacred, an unfolding of light, breath, and belief across time.

Nandalal Bose

Untitled

Kokka woodblock print on paper

8.5 x 7.0 in.

M. V. Dhurandhar

Murli Madhav, 1928

Oleograph on paper

20.2 x 14.2 in.

Unidentified Artist

(Early Bengal School)

Dakshinakali

Mid – late 19th century

Oil on canvas

23.0 x 19.5 in.

Close-up of joshua tree branches against a clear sky.

Sakti Burman

Maya's Dream, 1966

Acrylic, ink, and graphite on canvas

28.5 x 36.0 in.

Anonymous

Untitled

Watercolour, gouache and gold on

paper pasted on handmade paper

12.5 x 18.0 in.

Close-up of joshua tree branches against a clear sky.

Jyoti Bhatt

Nag Prabandh, 1994

Serigraph on paper

17.2 x 14.7 in.

Looking up at a grand domed ceiling with columns

S. H. Raza

Shanti, 2010

Acrylic and mixed

media on paper

12.5 x 9.7 in.

Close-up of joshua tree branches against a clear sky.

Unidentified Artist

The Burning Ghat, Varanasi, c. 1900

Oil on canvas

28.0 x 36.0 in.

Looking up at a grand domed ceiling with columns

Laxman Pai

Untitled, 1959

Waterproof ink and

gouache on paper

30.5 x 22.7 in.

Full moon rising over a dark, silhouetted mountain ridge.

Unidentified Artist (Kalighat Pat)

Kamaley Kamini, late 19th century

Watercolour over lithographed

outlines, highlighted with silver

pigment on paper

14.5 x 11.0 in.

Madhvi Parekh

Untitled, 2009

Acrylic on canvas

29.7 x 23.7 in.

A bottle of daisy perfume with floral accents.

P. T. Reddy

Birth of Ganesha, 1987

Acrylic on canvas

48.0 x 36.0 in.

M. V. Dhurandhar

Todi Ragini, 1919

Watercolour and

gouache on paper

12.5 x 8.2 in.

Ravi Verma

The Maharaja &

Maharani of Mysore, 1930

Oleograph on paper

28.5 x 19.2 in.

Thomas Daniell

Hindoo Temples at Agouree, on the

River Soane, Bahar, 1796

Hand-tinted aquatint on paper

18.0 x 23.5 in.

© 2025 Kalakaar Fine Art LLP

© 2025 Kalakaar Fine Art LLP

© 2025 Kalakaar Fine Art LLP