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: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Second row: Manikkavachakar as prime minister of Arimarttana Pandya (Varagunavarman II) rides in state.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, south face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Third row: Manikkavachakar brings the war booty (?) to Arimarttana Pandya (Varagunavarman II).
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, south face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Third row: A conversation between Arimarttana Pandya (Varagunavarman II) and Manikkavachakar.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, south face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Third row: View of Madurai; On the left the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple and the Potramarai tank.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine,south face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Third row: A groom reports to Arimarttana Pandya (Varagunavarman II) that the horses in the stables are either old or sick.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, south face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Fourth row: The king orders to give Manikkavachakar a substantial amount of money to purchase horses. He will travel to a coastal town, Tirupperunturai, where the animals are expected to arrive.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, south face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Fourth row; On his way to Tirupperunturai Manikkavachakar visits the Minakshi Temple, bathes in the Potramarai tank and a brahmin gives him some sacred ash to rub on his forehead.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, south face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Fifth row: A guru (Shiva), seated under a tree, preaches to his disciples at Tirupperunturai.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, south face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Fifth row; On arrival at Tirupperunturai Manikkavachakar goes to the Shiva temple to take a bath, and his eyes fall on the guru preaching beneath a tree nearby.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, south face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Fifth row; Manikkavachakar sends his retinue back to Madurai to inform the king that the horses would arrive at a later date.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, south face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Sixth row; Manikkavachakar spends the king’s money building a temple. On the extreme left, a messenger hands a letter of the king to Manikkavachakar, in which he recalls him to Madurai.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, south face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Sixth row: Manikkavachakar spends the king’s money making charitable donations to the ascetics.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, south face
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