From the seventh century to the present, Christian art has existed in India. Astonishing is the fact that some of the best artistic pieces were done not by Christians, but by Hindus, Muslims, etc. This is especially visible in the Mogul miniatures of the Mogul court of Akbar to the Bengali art of the 20th century, where artists identified in Jesus the suffering Indian humanity. Today a lot of Christian art is engaging with the struggles of the people at the margins. Besides this social critical art, modern art forms are emerging which shed their Indian identity and could be done anywhere in the world.
Solomon RajChrist among the Refugees, a man wearing crown of thorns embraces refugees in the Indo-Pakistan war. See David Zersen and B. S. Moses Kumar, Planting in Native Soil: Studies in Gospel Inculturation (Delhi: ISPCK; Austin, TX: Concordia Univ. Press, 2014), x.
