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: mid-19th century
Description: Scene on the underside of the lobed arches; Indrajit, concealed in a cloud lets loose a rain of arrows on the army of the allies headed by Lakshmana riding on Hanuman’s shoulders.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Scene on the underside of the lobed arches; Ravana in Lanka surrounded by his ministers and flanked by Indrajit standing on the left, and by Kumbhakarna, seated on the right.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Scene on the underside of the lobed arches; Ravana’s son Indrajit bids farewell to his wife, Sulochana, before the battle against Lakshmana and his allies.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Scene on the underside of the lobed arches; Indrajit mounted on his chariot and his foot soldiers faces Lakshmana.The latter, seated on Hanuman’s shoulders, shoots a magical three-headed arrow which decapitates Indrajit.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: The empty aerial chariot; crowds in a palace; Bottom row: Rama; Lakshmana; Sita; Bharata and Shatrughna in Nandigrama.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row (left): Ravana, Kumbhakarna and other rakshasas in council; Ravana gathers his troops; (right) the troops march towards the battlefield; Second row: (left) Lakshmana riding on Hanuman’s shoulders kills Mahodara; Messengers report to Ravana; Rakshasas carrying pots (?); Vibhishana talks to Rama and his allies; They attack Lanka; (right) They storm the palace and pollute Ravana’s yajna; Hanuman grabs Mandodari by the hair; Third row: (left) Rama requests Hanuman to fetch Sita; He and his followers go to the ashoka grove; The attendants bathe Sita; (right) Hanuman and his followers carry Sita in a palanquin to Rama and prostrates before him; Fourth row (left);The allies in the pushpaka vimana (aerial chariot) fly above Jatayu’s remains (?) and above the sea (?) (right) and land in Ayodhya; Fifth row: The reunion of the exiles and their family in Nandigrama.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Rama’s consecration; Rama and Sita enthroned flanked by Bharata, carrying an umbrella, Shatrughna (right) and Lakshmana (left); Hanuman kneeling in the foreground holds Rama’s foot; Among the allies, on the right are Vibhishana, Guha, the ladies of the court; On the left are groups of monkeys, bears, musicians, and among the crowd, members of the Zamindar’s family may have been portrayed.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Rama in council; Consecration scene (?Vibhishana joins Rama’s party); Rama in council; Rama sleeps on a bed of darbha grass on the shore of the sea; Sagara prostrates before Rama; Council scene; Second row: (illegible) Council scene; Ravana in Lanka; Battle scene; Third row: Rama in council; Hanuman carries Rama on his shoulder, Angada (?) carries Lakshmana.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Hanuman hands to Rama Sita’s chudamani (head jewel) (?); Rama and Lakshmana talk to Hanuman and Jambavan and review the assembled troops; Second row: Ravana is on top of a tower, Sugriva (?) jumps on him, grabs his crown and brings it to Rama; Rama sends Angada on a diplomatic mission to Lanka; Third row: Battle scene, Lakshmana riding on Hanuman’s shoulder routs the rakshasas; Ravana on the battlefield wounds Lakshmana.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: The army of the allies on the move; Ravana in council; The allies’ army (?); Second row: Illegible; Third row: Hanuman rescues the unconscious Lakshmana from the battlefield and takes him back to Rama.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Hanuman flies above the sea returning from his expedition to Lanka; The monkeys and the bears destroy the Madhuvana; Hanuman meets Rama; Second row: The monkeys and the bears build the bridge and cross the strait and reach Lanka; Rama in council; Third row: Ravana in council; Ravana on a chariot rides into the battlefield.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Rama and Lakshmana meet Sugriva; Rama fells the seven trees and his arrow pierces a mountain (?); He kicks Dundubhi’s carcass away; Second row: Sugriva talks to Rama; Sugriva prostrates before Rama; Sugriva speaks to Hanuman; Rama entrusts his signet ring to Hanuman; Hanuman kills an asura (?); Third row: Once in Lanka, Hanuman looks for Sita; Ravana speaks to Sita captive in the ashoka grove; Hanuman is concealed in the crown of a tree; Sita tries to hang herself from a branch, when Hanuman appears in front of her first as a small monkey, then as his majestic self; Fourth row: Hanuman taken captive, sits on his coiled tail before Ravana and the assembled rakshasas.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
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