Radhika Suresh

Digital Humanities · Visual Culture · Heritage Interfaces

I study what happens to sacred visual art when it moves through digital media. My research focuses on Kerala mural paintings — how the conditions of viewing are transformed when an object made for embodied, spatial encounter is reframed by screens, interfaces, and immersive environments.

About

I am a doctoral researcher in Digital Humanities at IIT Jodhpur, working at the intersection of visual culture, interface theory, and South Asian heritage studies. My PhD examines the digital remediation of Kerala mural paintings — an artistic tradition embedded in temple ritual and architectural space — asking how meaning, aura, and the conditions of viewing transform when these works are encountered through screens and interfaces. My practice includes building the Kerala Mural Archive, developing immersive 360° heritage formats, and contributing visual essays on mural iconography, colour systems, and transmission traditions. I hold an MA in English Literature (Sree Sankara College, Kalady) and a BSc in Physics (Union Christian College, Aluva), and am supported by a Ministry of Education Research Fellowship.

4

Journal submissions

(2 under review)

6

Conference papers

& Posters

360°

Virtual Tours of

Kerala temple murals

Research & Projects

Kerala Mural Archive

A born-digital archive foregrounding multilingualism, ritual context, and sustainable access to temple mural traditions.

Explore the Archive

360° Virtual Tours & Audience Evaluation

Developing and evaluating immersive formats for digital heritage engagement, with a reproducible workflow for sacred temple spaces.

View Project

The Ritual Context

A field study of darśan and pradakṣiṇa — how ritual movement, sacred sight, and temple architecture shape the encounter with murals, and what changes when that encounter moves online.

PhD Candidate in Digital Humanities, IIT Jodhpur.