He begins with a narration about how he would visit temples and spend time admiring the sculptures. Initially he regarded them mostly as religious iconography and not ‘fine art’. But, as a neuroscientist, he began wondering as to why some works of art had the ability to “move you to tears, shake you to the core” – be it a Michelangelo or a Chola bronze. Dr Ramachandran then studied the history of Hindu art and the lineage/basis of ideas.