Karatholuvu Chandrasekaran Sivasankaran was a Padma Shri recipient, also known as KC Sivasankaran. He was a mythical artist from India who mostly contributed to Chandamama, also known as Ambulimama, an Indian language magazine. His graphic style for the pictures in the magazine made him renowned throughout the country for several decades. The iconic painting from the Vikram and Vetala series that appears in Chandamama was created by Sankar. He was the final survivor of the initial Chandamama design group. The classic painting, which also has his recognisable signature, was created in the 1960s. One of the many things he produced for Chandamama were its illustrators, who shaped the magazine's aesthetic for many years. They employed line drawings in the Middle Eastern, Indian, Oriental, and European artistic traditions.