Dashashwamedh, the main ghat of Varanasi, at full daytime tempo. Tiered sandstone steps fill with small figures in red, blue and saffron; the wide ceremonial umbrellas of the riverside priests open in green, red and striped panels. Behind them rise temple shikharas and a tight stack of old city buildings, with birds flecked across a grey-blue sky. In the foreground a row of country boats sits on the Ganga, hulls painted rust, cobalt and brick. Sandhya Kaushik works it all in dense hand-painted acrylic, each crowd figure a single confident dab.

It is the lively, ceremonial face of Banaras. The busy mid-tones and pops of colour hold a large living-room wall or an entryway that can take some energy.

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