Please join us for a walkthrough of the exhibition The Body of the Ascetic as curator Gayatri Sinha decodes the enigmatic figure of the sannyasi and why it has been a constant figure in Indian art.

An ambitious and thought-provoking exhibition that explores the visual representations of asceticism across the Indian subcontinent, The Body of the Ascetic upholds Indian art’s storytelling tradition by delving into the age-old institution of asceticism while weaving scholarship and a rare glimpse into the subcontinent’s ancient and deep-rooted engagement with ideas of sacred discipline, austerities, practice and renunciation.