On February 8th 2025, Khushi Kesari presented her research at the 32nd Session of the Indian Art History Congress “Rendering of Indian Epics in Art and Culture”, held in Collaboration with the Indian Institute of Heritage, Indian Council of Historical Research and Ministry of Culture, GOI.
Her Paper titled “Tracing Indian Epics in Southeast Asian Art and Architecture: A Study of Cultural Transmission” was selected from over 200 entries. It examined the key historical periods, during which the Indian epics were introduced to Southeast Asia through trade routes, migration, and religious missions while offering a study of these epics and their iconographic depiction in various locations. The main findings of the study underscored the role of Indian epics as vehicles of cultural transmission, influencing not only the aesthetic forms but also the spiritual and philosophical dimensions of Southeast Asian art and architecture.
