The sexual mores of ancient times is more liberal than most people can imagine. Vatsyayana’s Kamasutra, considered India’s best known love manual of sexual positions sanctioned by the Chandella rulers in AD900-1300, is replete in manifestations in paintings, murals and sculptures in the temples of Khajarahu in Madhya Pradesh. This was where Sivarajah Natarajan made serious studies of the intriguing love-making when travelling with Datuk Ramli Ibrahim’s Sutra Dance Theatre in performances in India. Ditto the alankaras, or erotic sculptures, of the the Konark Sun Temple or ‘Black Pagoda’ in Orissa, and in Kathmandu in Nepal, the erotic woodcraft on the roof struts of Jaganath (Krishna) in Durbar Square, and the sacred Pashupatinah complex in Bhaktapur. These batch of works were shown in the exhibition, Divine Art of Indolence, at Artist Space, Concorde Hotel, Shah Alam, in October 2009. Sivarajah graduated with a Diploma in Fine Art from the Malaysian Institute of Art in 1992. He made a name for himself as a painter of dances such as odissi, bharatanatyam, makyong, main petri, menora, gotipua and chhau, and made the progression to set design and lighting in stage dance for which he won the prestigious BOH Cameroonian Awards in 2005 and 2010 respectively. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Sutra Foundation. In September 2000, he attended an artist’s residency in Paris.