Topography
Historical background
Particularly interesting are the schematic renderings of many temples. The deities are shown in their own shrines along with the typical natural features of the site, enabling thus the viewer to identify them.
Date: 18th century, partly obliterated by whitewash
Description: Top row: Rama greets Dasharatha and the queens; Kaikeyi tells him that her son, Bharata, will be king and that he will be banished for fourteen years. Rama and Lakshmana take leave of Kausalya and Sumitra. Bottom row: Rama and Lakshmana push across a river a raft on which Sita is seated; They arrive at a hermitage.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; south wall
Date: 18th century, partly obliterated by whitewash
Description: Top row: Rama and Lakshmana take leave of queen Kaikeyi; Before leaving Ayodhya they gift their riches and cattle to the Brahmins. Bottom row: The exiles meet the sages in the forest.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; south wall
Date: 18th century, damaged by splashes of whitewash
Description: Top row: Rama and Lakshmana take leave of queen Kaikeyi; Before leaving Ayodhya they gift their riches and cattle to the Brahmins. Bottom row: The exiles meet the sages living in the forest; After having left the exiles on the edge of the forest, Sumantra returns to Ayodhya and meets Dasharatha; The grief-stricken king is about to die in the arms of his queens.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; south wall
Date: 18th century, damaged by splashes of whitewash
Description: Top row: The distressed Dasharatha watches as Kaikeyi takes command of the situation and talks to Vasishtha and Sumantra; Rama and Lakshmana take leave of Kausalya. Bottom row: On hearing Sumantra’s report, the grief stricken Dasharatha collapses and dies in the arms of his queens. They weep and wail, mourning their loss.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; south wall
Date: 18th century, damaged by splashes of whitewash
Description: Top row: Rama and Lakshmana take leave of Kausalya; The three exiles take leave of Kausalya and Sumitra; King Dasharatha in a palanquin follows the chariot conveying them to the forest. Bottom row: Dasharatha’s body lies in state mourned by the queens, Vasishtha and Sumantra. The body is then placed in a vat of gingelly oil.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa, south wall
Date: 18th century, damaged by splashes of whitewash
Description: Top row: King Dasharatha in a palanquin follows the exiles’ chariot. Bottom row: Dasharatha’s body is placed in a vat of gingelly oil; Vasishtha entrusts a letter for Bharata to a messenger.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; south west corner
Date: 18th century, damaged by splashes of whitewash
Description: Top row: Two messengers on their way to king Kekaya’s country; One of them hands Vasishtha’s letter to the king at the presence of his court priest, Bharata and Shatrughna. Bottom row: Bharata and Shatrughna, back in Ayodhya, partecipate in the preparations for Dasharatha’s cremation.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa, south west corner
Date: 18th century, partly obliterated by splashes of whitewash
Description: Top row: Partly illegible because of the whitewash splashes; Bharata and Shatrughna ride back to Ayodhya. Their wives follow in palanaquins. Bottom row: Preparations for Dasharatha’s funeral; Vasishtha places the bow on the body of the king; Funeral procession; Bharata sets the pyre ablaze. From this point a substantial part of the lower register has disappeared.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa, west wall
Date: 18th century, damaged by splashes of whitewash
Description: Bharata, Shatrughna and their wives are welcomed on their return to Ayodhya.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa, west wall
Date: 18th century, partly obliterated by whitewash
Description: Queen Kaikeyi argues with Bharata at the presence of Shatrughna and, in order to drive her point home, she slaps him.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa, west wall
Date: 18th century, partly obliterated by whitewash
Description: Bharata is on the verge of retaliating, but Shatrughna restrains him; The two princes meet Kausalya and Sumitra.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa, west wall
Date: 18th century, partly obliterated by whitewash
Description: Bharata and Shatrughna converse with Kausalya and Sumitra; Overcome by grief, the youths collapse and are consoled by the queens.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa, west wall
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