The name Coomaraswamy might seem familiar to those who have visited the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), with one of the venues at the museum named after him.

But not many know of the great contributions by the Sri Lankan-born Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy towards Indian culture and history. Coomaraswamy was a known Indologist who studied and introduced Indian art to the West.