India, Oct. 2 -- This year at Pratapaditya Road Tricone Park Durga Puja Samity, visitors were treated to framed images of gods and goddesses that reside inside their homes. A familiar sight, indeed, because these were paintings by pioneering artist Raja Ravi Varma, whose humanised depictions of Indian gods and goddesses stirred immense controversy because they dared to be human, departing from traditional iconography.

Tricone Park delves into the work of this painter and navigates the many ways in which his works continue to define and infuse devotion for generations. Artists Deep Das and Eshika Chandra have spent two years researching to construct this wondrous, visually stunning installation for this year. "We wanted to delve into the ...