Two people from different corners of India, shaped by different landscapes, languages, and cultural rhythms, however, guided by an inner compass pointing toward the same source. Vrindavan Solanki and K. Muralidharan stand as distinct artistic voices Solanki with his meditative figures rooted in the visual idioms of Gujarat, and Muralidharan with his exuberant, myth-infused worlds drawn from the rich cultural soil of Tamil Nadu. Their artistic vocabularies could not be more different. Their paths diverge as well; Solanki graduated from M.S. University, Baroda, while Muralidharan graduated from the Government College of Fine Arts in Chennai. Yet something deeper binds them together, something older than any school of art, any institution, any stylistic movement. Both artists were born in the land where the Vedas first emerged, where the earliest ideas of dharma, philosophy, art, and human purpose were articulated. The birthplace of the Vedas is not merely a geographic point; it is a cultural pulse that has travelled across generations. These ancient values did not simply shape Indian society; they formed the first lessons whispered into the ears of children, the unspoken moral compass absorbed long before language itself took form. These values continue to permeate us, subtle yet constant. They coexist with modernity, surviving beneath the noise of technology, progress, and an increasingly westernised world. Amid the restless movement of contemporary life, we often lose touch with the part of ourselves that belongs to the past, the ancestral voice within us that still remembers. In the works of Solanki and Muralidharan, that voice returns. It becomes visible again. Despite their divergent sensibilities, both artists embody an inner continuity, a shared cultural consciousness. Solanki's resilient lines and vibrant silhouettes echo the contemplative essence of Indian thought, where serenity itself becomes a narrative. The diversity in his style is reflected in this exhibition; his various interpretations of the same subject showcase his range as an artist. Muralidharan's vibrant mythological forms draw from a universe where gods, symbols, and stories still breathe. His art breathes in the philosophy and ideology of the ancient world. Both of them expand in their form, but both are rooted in a timeless sensibility: that art is not merely an act of creation, but a bridge between what we are and what we have inherited. Rabindranath Tagore once wrote: "The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful." (Stray Birds, 1916) These artists, too, draw from roots they never sought to claim, roots that nourish their worlds silently. Through their works, the ancient and the contemporary flow into one another, reminding us that the strings connecting us to our ancestors have not broken; they merely wait to be felt. Together, Solanki and Muralidharan reveal that even across regions, languages, and stylistic choices. there remains a shared pulse in Indian art, a pulse bom from the very origins of Indian thought, one that continues to shape the imagination of the present. - Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya