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2. Gopal Chandra Naskar
The Tune of The Srimad Bhagavad Gita · Acrylic · Painting
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3. Kishor Kumar Narkhadiwala
Paryavaran · Oil on Canvas · Painting
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4. Mrinal Dey
Hopeless Settlement · Acrylic on Canvas · Painting
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5. Nidhi Chopra
Tangible Dreams · Ceramic · Sculpture
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6. Nimai Singh Sarungbam
Mudra – I · Teak Wood · Sculpture
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7. Pankaj Kumar Sharma
Haloed Traveler – II · Panel Works · Drawing
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8. Pooja Rajpoot
Prakriti Shoshan · White Marble · Sculpture
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9. Praveen Kumar
Where The Walls Remember · Mixed Medium · Painting
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10. Pritam Madhukar Deuskar
Of Time and The City · Etching · Printmaking
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11. Rajendra Prasad
Sujata With Buddha · Water Colour Wash · Painting
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12. Ramesh Vithal Thorat
Untitled – II · Oil on Canvas · Painting
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13. Raviram Ramakrishnan
Fisherwoman · Copper · Sculpture
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14. Sanjay Kumar
When Memories Come Back – 7 · Mixed Media · Painting
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15. Sanjay Kumar Sahani
Youth · Oil on Canvas · Painting
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16. Sanjib Kumar Gogoi
Aakar Nirankar – II · Acrylic and Oil · Painting
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17. Santa Deb
Attraction of Simplicity · Ceramic · Sculpture
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18. Siddharth Shahjirao Shingade
Trees · Mixed Media · Painting
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19. Usharanjan Mandal
Wheel of A Crowded City · Mixed Media · Other Medium
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20. Vijendra Sharma
Life 2025 · Oil on Canvas · Painting
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