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-17th century
Description: Top row: The wedding of Minakshi and Sundarar; Second row (left): The shrine of Sundarar at Madurai; Sundarar dances in the Silver Hall for the benefit of Patanjali; (right) Nandikeshvara and a gana? playing the drum; Third row Gundodara is fed; Fourth row (left): Gundodara’s thirst is quenched; (right): Flowers. (TP 5-8)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, south wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Shiva and Parvati bathing in a river and washing their hair.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, south chamber, west wall
Description: A man and a woman washing their hair; These may be Svayambhuva Manu and his wife, Satarupa, arriving at Tiruppudaimarudur where Shiva and Parvati had manifested themselves.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, south chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: A devotee worships Minakshi and Sundareshvara.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, south chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: The king worships Sundareshvara. On the left an ascetic; on the right the king’s retinue. (TP 21)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, south chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: The king , accompanied by his retinue, talks to the siddha. (TP 21)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, south chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: The king comes to meet the siddha, and they look on, as the stone elephant eats the sugarcane.(TP 21)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, south chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: The story of the Narumpunatha temple.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, fourth tier, north chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: A view of the Narumpunatha and Gomatiambal temple at Tiruppudaimarudur. The inscription explains that on hearing the invocation of Karuvur Tevar, the linga shifts to one side.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;NarumpunathaTemple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, fourth tier, north chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: The Tamraparni river, and a pujari performing arati before an image of Ganesha. To the extreme right: Karuvur Tevar (identified by the inscription).
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, fourth tier, north chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Sages worshipping Narumpunatha and Gomatiambal at Tiruppudaimarudur.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, fourth tier, north chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: On the left the Saptamatrikas crossing the river; on the right two men worship a linga and an image of Ganesha on the bank of the Tamraparni River.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, fourth tier, north chamber, west wall
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