The Brihadeeswara Temple at Thanjavur, the thousand-year-old Chola monument, caught at sunset. Its stepped pyramidal vimana climbs the full height of the canvas in burnished gold and amber, every tier of sculpture loaded in thick knife-work. To the right a white stone Nandi bull sits under its open mandapa; a smaller shrine and a scatter of figures mark the granite courtyard below. Sandhya Kaushik lets a peach and rose sky press flat behind the tower, then drags the foreground stone in warm honey and raw sienna so the temple reads as lit from within.

The single, towering subject gives it real presence on a tall wall. It holds an entry, a stairwell, or a study where the Dravidian geometry can be read from across the room.

• Original hand-painted acrylic on stretched canvas
• Palette-knife impasto
• 3:4 portrait
• Made to order at your chosen size
• Frame: stretched canvas, or floater (black/white/gold)
• Signed by Sandhya Kaushik
• Certificate of Authenticity