Raja Ravi Varma’s paintings to travel for exhibitions: Vadodara royal Radhikaraje Gaekwad
Radhikaraje Gaekwad, the Maharani of Baroda, announced that the royal family's extensive collection of Raja Ravi Varma paintings will be sent on national and international tours. The collection is currently being preserved as part of a major renovation at the Maharaja Fatehsingh Museum in Vadodara.
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This initiative increases public access to significant historical art and highlights the ongoing efforts to preserve Indian cultural heritage through modern museum infrastructure.
Paintings of Raja Ravi Varma, part of one of the world’s largest private collections of original works of Raja Ravi Varma, will be sent for exhibitions nationally and internationally in the future, Radhikaraje Gaekwad, custodian of the collection and holder of the title of Maharani of Baroda, said on the sidelines of the two-day Aikyam Festival, which concluded here on Sunday (October 11, 2026). The collection is housed within Laxmi Vilas Palace and the Maharaja Fatehsingh Museum in Vadodara.
The last time the artist’s paintings travelled outside Vadodara was about a decade ago, when the paintings were exhibited in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. In India, they were sent on exhibition to the National Gallery of Modern Art in Mumbai two decades ago, Ms. Gaekwad said.
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