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: Top row: Hanuman flies above the sea returning from his expedition to Lanka; The vanaras destroy the Madhuvana; Hanuman meets Rama; Second row: the vanaras 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: 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 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: Tara and Sugriva in Kishkindha.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: From left: On his flight to Lanka Hanuman rests on Mount Mainaka; He then encounters the rakshasi Surasa, who swallows him, but he escapes from her ear; Then the rakshasi Simhika swallows his shadow, but he kills her and escapes.
Location: TamilNadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Description: Top row: Vali’s cremation; Angada collects the ashes; The participants in Vali’s last rites perform their ablutions; Lakshmana crowns Sugriva king of Kishkindha at the presence of his courtiers; Second row: Hanuman jumps across the ocean from Mount Mahendra, rests on Mount Mainaka, and then confronts the rakshasi Surasa who swallows him; Hanuman, however, escapes through her ear. Third row: Hanuman wrecks Ravana’s garden and fights against the rakshasas.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: The duel between Vali and Sugriva; Rama shoots Vali; Vali speaks to him; Second
row: Hanuman helps the king of the vultures Sampati to cross a river; Sampati tells him and his companions where Sita is held captive; Hanuman starts on his expedition to Lanka from Mount Mahendra; Third row: Ravana in council.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: The guards of the garden report to Ravana that a huge monkey is destroying it.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Hanuman carries Rama and Lakshmana on his shoulders to meet Sugriva and his followers.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: After having met Sabari, Rama and Lakshmana arrive in Kishkindha and rest under a tree; Sugriva sends Hanuman to find out who they are.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Ravana woos Sita captive in the ashoka grove in Lanka.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Ravana wounds Lakshmana.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: Late 16th or early 17th century
Description: Bottom row (from right) Hanuman talks to Sita; she is bathed and taken in a palanquin to meet Rama. Central row, celestials and dikpalas; Top row:
Rama and allies on the pushpaka vimana; Rama and Sita worship nine shrines; This probably refers to the Navagrahas (nine planets) temple at Navapashana, near Ramanathapuram.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Venugopala Parthasarathi Temple;Chengam
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling
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