How Daughter of Providence chronicles Sethu Lakshmi Bayi's journey from queen to commoner thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Raja Ravi Varma's unseen work on granddaughter Maharani Sethu Lakshmi on display in Bengaluru | Bangalore News indianexpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indianexpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ravi Varma's 'hitherto unseen' portrait of his granddaughter on display in Bengaluru on April 29-30 udayavani.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from udayavani.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The portrait features a three-year-old toddler staring defiantly back at the artist, her grandfather, as if aware of what life has in store for her already. Baby Pooradam Thirunal Sethu Lakshmi Bayi was painted by Varma in 1898, a mere three years before she was chosen as the senior rani of Kingdom of Travancore.