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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Martin Robinson

Ancient India: Living Traditions at The British Museum: 'sacred joy'

Silk watercolour painting of the Buddha, China, about AD 701–750 - (The Trustees of the British Museum)

With Jesus suffering by association with Russell Brand, it’s with some relief that some new gods are “in town” to put the cred back into sacred.

Unlike that opening sentence, Ancient India: Living Traditions is a very respectful and carefully managed show of religious art by the British Museum in which, quite honestly, the stirring charisma of the holy beings it celebrates is enough to bring even your most secular of Londoners to worshipful awe.

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