India, Dec. 4 -- In a rare moment where family heritage intertwined with India's artistic legacy, Kenneth Ducatel - the great-great grandson of British army officer and artist Robert Gill - walked into the Ajanta and Ellora caves on Tuesday and Wednesday, turning his honeymoon into a deeply personal pilgrimage.

Kenneth, 68, arrived with his wife, Catharina Suykens, 64, at the Unesco World Heritage site making the visit an emotional bridge between centuries, as they entered the very caves where Gill worked tirelessly in the 1800s.

Robert Gill is remembered for painstakingly documenting and painting the Ajanta murals at a time when the world was largely unaware of this Buddhist art. His detailed copies carried India's ancient mastery to a...