Raja Ravi Varma was an influential Indian painter from the late 19th century who helped popularize Indian art around the world. He is considered the father of Indian painting. Some of his most famous works depicted Hindu goddesses and episodes from Indian epics. Ravi Varma often modeled goddesses on beautiful South Indian women. His realistic paintings of sari-clad women were widely reproduced and found in many middle-class homes, portraying Indian women as graceful and shapely. Ravi Varma is renowned for capturing beauty in its finest form through his paintings.

1. A HUMBLE TRIBUTE TO THE LEGEGDRY
Raja Ravi Varma was a prolific artist from
India who the most active during later half
of the 19th Century.
He is unquestionably the most famous of all
Indian painting artists. He is regarded as the
Godfather of Indian painting. He took Indian
art painting to the world arena.
One of the main reasons for this claim is his
gold medal winning stint at an exhibition held
at Vienna in 1873.
Some of his paintings were also sent to the iconic
World’s fair, held in Chicago in 1893. There too,
he won two gold medals. He painted a total of
170 paintings.
Among them, 140 are oil paintings, 20 are oleographs and 10 are lithographs.
The image of the Woman-Mother was a complex one. When it comes
to depiction of beauty of Indian women on the canvas, there is no
other soul that can replace Raja Ravi Varma.
All his paintings are of treasure of beauty, and considered to be
the best example of the fusion of the Indian Tradition with the
Techniques of European Academic Art.
This humble Presentation is to unfold the Beauty at its Best. Each click of this
Slide Show is a worth of Million Tributes to this Legendry Painter……
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2. .
Beauty At Its Best , when worshiped!
All the gods and goddesses who adorned Puja rooms were certainly Ravi Varma reprints. He
gave faces to Hindu deities on his canvas and sold them to common and sold them to common
people at low prices!.
Raja Ravi Verma considered Indian women as the most beautiful women in the world. His
paintings of Goddesses Lakshmi, a divine form of wealth and Sarswati, a divine form of
knowledge are worshipped even today in India

3. Beauty at its best
Ravi Varma belonged to the family of
the Maharajas of Travancore,
and was addressed as Raja.
He travelled throughout India in search of
subjects.
He often modelled Hindu Goddesses
on South Indian women, whom
he considered beautiful.
“A witty woman is a treasure;
a witty beauty is a power.”
If woman characterized by clever
humour or wit and intelligent or
sensible and is the
perfect combination of wit, brain
and beauty
she is Woman of All Time.

4. Beauty At Its Best
Raja Ravi Varma had five children, two
sons and three daughters. His elder son,
Kerala Varma, born in 1876 went missing
in 1912 and was never heard of again.
Their second son was Rama Varma (born
1879), an artist who studied at the JJ
School of Arts, Mumbai, married to
Srimathi Gowri Kunjamma, sister of
Dewan PGN Unnithan.
Raja Ravi Varma painted his eldest
daughter Mahaprabha of Mavelikara, and
mother of HH Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, who
became the Maharani Regent of
Travancore. His second daughter,
Thiruvadira Nal Kochukunji Thampuran,
was grandmother of Chithira Thirunal
Balarama Varma Maharajah. His third
daughter, born in 1882, was Ayilyam Nal
Cheria Kochamma Thampuran.
Ravi Varma is particularly noted for his
paintings depicting episodes from the
story of Dushyanta and Shakuntala, and
Nala and Damayanti, from the
Mahabharata. Ravi Varma's representation
of mythological characters has become a
part of the Indian imagination of the epics.

5. Raja Ravi Varma is most
remembered for his
paintings of sari-clad
women portrayed as
shapely and graceful.
The facial expression is
more than enough to
describe her feelings in his
paintings as a shapely and
graceful woman.
His paintings became an
important motif of the
time, reproductions being
found in almost every
middle-class home.
Reproductional works
of Raja Ravi Verma holds
a high value for Indian art
collectors.
Beauty at its Best!

6. beauty at bathing

7. Beauty At Its Best
beauty on the
bridge of
faith, which is a
peerless
bridge
supporting
what we see unto
the scene that we
do not..as

8. Beauty at its best in the looks

9. Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

10. Where words leave off, music begins

11. Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and
delightful presents God has given us.
Beauty even at relaxing
Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of
the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God
has given us.

12. True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element
calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. It
is wise and discriminating, and its devotion is real and abiding.

13. beau
beauty
at
flowering
Love smells like a flower in bloom. Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature!

14. The innocence is what makes the beauty
stand out as a shining example to the rest

15. Beauty
with
fruits
Beauty is a fruit which we look at without
trying to seize it.

16. More beautiful than the sunset, More beautiful than
life, it is the Beauty at Glow of Hope

17. More beautiful than a angel flying at night,
More beautiful than the snow covering the mountains. It is the beauty at its best!

18. Motherhood is the Beauty At Its Best where all love begins”Motherhood is the Beauty At Its Best where all love begins”

21. Hold on to your life,
Even if it's easier to let go. It is Beauty at its Best!

22. In the story of Damayanti Beauty is at its Best
True
Love
Stories
Never
Have
Endings
Love
Is
The
Key
To the
Life
It is
Kept
In the
Heart of
Others

23. Love is the bridge between two hearts, the bond that unites them.

24. Beauty at its Best in Contemplation

25. Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back.

26. An act of love that fails is just as much a part of the divine life as an act of love that
succeeds, for love is measured by fullness, not by reception

27. “The Beauty Is At its Best In all Forms May be in charity Or Even while Playful”

28. The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

29. Teach Right Things To the Youngsters!

30. The beauty of music at its beast

31. Raja Ravi Verma considered Indian women as the most beautiful women in the world. His paintings of women are of naturally
gifted shapely physics, cute face, strong facial symmetry, nice hair, pretty eyes where beauty is seen because that is the doorway
to her heart, the place where love resides. The facial expression is more than enough to describe the feelings of graceful sari-clad
woman. One can hear the rustle of silk and feel the glow of pearls when stares at his work. Her True beauty is reflected in her
soul.
The greatest tribute one can give to Raja Ravi Verma is simply enough to see his paintings. Each click of these 31 slides is worth a
million Tributes to this great Indian Painter as well showing respect to women; if there is no woman there would be no us
Nature’s Beauty At its Best ………. Kishenji (LION) http://www.linkedin.com/in/kishenssr