New Delhi, April 25 -- The ghats of Varanasi came alive at Delhi's Bikaner House last month as artist Paresh Maity showcased some of his monumental canvases in his solo, Luminous Terrains, presented by Art Alive gallery. Series such as Mahakumbh beckoned to you with their scale, but a closer look revealed multiple narratives unfurling in different parts of the canvas. Maity created a living landscape of people, telling the stories of ardent devotees, boatsmen and bystanders through his brushstrokes. The Delhi-based artist evoked the ethereal quality of the river in works such as Sacred Confluence through a play of light and colour.

Also on view was The Light of Varanasi, a work done in 2024, which was a little different from his usual la...