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The Paintings

The Paintings

How the pictures are made

Nearly every major episode on this site travels with a painting. The inspiration is the tradition of Raja Ravi Varma: the depth of oil color, the dignity of courts and forests, the stillness in the faces.

They are made with today’s tools. A locked visual style, AI assistance, and a single purpose: these pages. Every painting is then checked against the text of its story: who stands where, what they wear, what they hold, which moment it is. A painting that fails the check is made again; those changes are recorded on the Corrections page.

Their job is the one a grandfather does when he opens an old illustrated pothi in the family room: to bring the story closer.

The paintings

A selection, each one tied to the passage it was made for. Follow any painting to the story it belongs to.

The Devi's arrows bring down Chikshura's horses and charioteer and snap his bow as she rides her roaring lion, smiling.
The asura general mounted on his chariot looses a downpour of arrows at the Devi, who stands calm upon her lion holding her bow.

Devi Mahatmya · Chapter 3

Mahishasura sits on the throne holding a mace, while below the defeated gods are shown falling back from heaven.

Devi Mahatmya · Chapter 2

In Brahmaloka the sage Narada kneels with joined hands before the white-bearded, four-faced Brahma seated on a lotus.

Shiva Purana · Creation and the Rising of the Shivalinga

A shining lotus rises from the navel of blue Narayana asleep on the causal waters as four-faced Brahma looks about in wonder.

Shiva Purana · Creation and the Rising of the Shivalinga

Shiva's ash-white attendants drive off Yama's messengers and seat the Brahmin Devaraj on a golden chariot as Dharmaraja bows.
Shiva’s ash-white attendants drive off Yama’s messengers and seat the Brahmin Devaraj on a golden chariot as Dharmaraja bows.

Shiva Purana · The Story of Chanchula

The sage Narada sits beneath a tree with a veena in his lap as the sage Valmiki, hands folded, puts his question.

Ramayana · Chapter 1

The crane lies dead from an arrow while its mate cries out in grief and Valmiki raises his hand to stop the hunter.

Ramayana · Chapter 1

Rama and Lakshmana stand with folded hands before the seated sage Vishvamitra in the hermitage among a company of seers.

Ramayana · Chapter 3

In the assembly of the gods, Ganga’s garment is swept aside by the wind while King Mahabhisha stares at her without blinking.

Mahabharata · Chapter 2

Four-faced Brahma raises a finger and curses King Mahabhisha, who stands before him, to be born in the world of mortals.

Mahabharata · Chapter 2

In a riverside wedding pavilion Shantanu and the dark Satyavati sit at the sacred fire as young Devavrata stands behind them.

Mahabharata · Chapter 3

Gajendra the elephant king bathes joyfully with his herd in a lotus filled lake on Mount Trikuta

Bhagavatam · Gajendra’s Deliverance

A crocodile lunges from the lotus lake and seizes the elephant Gajendra’s hind leg as he rears in shock.

Bhagavatam · Gajendra’s Deliverance

King Uttanapada holds young Uttama on his lap while Dhruva reaches to climb up and Suruchi speaks sharply, finger raised

Bhagavatam · Dhruva’s Austerity

Ahalya and the Brahmin Indra stand before King Indradyumna

Yoga Vasistha · Indra and Ahalya: The Persistence of a Mental Impression