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: First half of the 18th century, damaged by splashes of withewash
Description: Row 1: Vasudeva and Devaki in their apartment; Row 2: Vasudeva hands his first born son to Kamsa; Vasudeva; Devaki and a baby; Row 3: Narada visits Kamsa; Kamsa armed with a whip threatens a group of persons; He throws Devaki and Vasudeva in prison; Row 4: Kamsa kills a baby; Kamsa is lustrated(?); Devaki hands a baby over to Kamsa.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, west wall, north corner
Date: First half of the 18th century, damaged by splashes of withewash
Description: Row 1: Kamsa kills Devaki’s children; Row 2: Kamsa kills further three children of Devaki and Vasudeva; Vishnu and Lakshmi seated on Shesha surrounded by devotees; Row 3: Devaki and Vasudeva; Devaki’s pregnancy; Nanda and Rohini; Rohini gives birth to Balarama; the gods worship Vishnu in Devaki’s womb; Row 4: Devaki gives birth to Krishna; the baby lies in her arms; Vishnu manifests himself to his parents; Krishna in the cradle; Devaki entrusts Krishna to Vasudeva.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, north wall, west corner
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: Top row: Vasudeva, carries baby Krishna in his arms, escorted by Shesha; The Yamuna parts before them and they arrive at Nanda’s house in Gokul; Vasudeva enters the lying-in chamber substitutes Yashoda’s daughter with Krishna; Bottom row: Vasudeva and the baby girl return to Mathura; Vasudeva and Devaki deliver her to Kamsa and when he is on the verge of killing her she flies to the sky revealing that Krishna is alive; Kamsa releases Vasudeva and Devaki; Kamsa holds a meeting with his ministers.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, north wall
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: Row 1: Hearing of the birth of a son, Nanda consults the Brahmins; He takes a bath and purifies himself; Row 2: Nanda and Yashoda consult the astrologers, gift cows and grains to the Brahmins; the gopas bring gifts; Row 3: Rituals for the new-born Krishna and Balarama in the arms of their mothers; Nanda and the gopas travel to Mathura to pay Kamsa’s annual tributes; Row 4: Nanda and Vasudeva(?) before Kamsa; conversation between Vasudeva and Nanda; Nanda and Yashoda.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, north wall
Date: First half of the 18th century, damaged by splashes of withewash
Description: Row 1: Kamsa summons Putana, and sends her to Gokul, where, eventually, Krishna sucks the life out of her; Row 2: After Putana’s death, Yashoda picks up baby Krishna, takes him to the house; Nanda, Yashoda and Rohini perform rituals for the safety of the child; Nanda finds Putana’s body; Row 3: Nanda and Yashoda worship Krishna; Nanda with Krishna on his lap and Yashoda; sleeping Krishna is put in a cradle tied to a cart; Krishna destroys the cart demon, Shakatasura, to the amazement of the cowherds; Row 4: Yashodha and Krishna; a Brahmin recites verses for Krishna’s welfare at the presence of Nanda and Yashoda; Yashoda and crawling Krishna; The demon Trinavarta sweeps the baby off the ground, but is killed by Krishna and falls to the ground at the feet of the gopas.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, east wall, north-east corner
Date: First half of the 18th century, damaged by splashes of withewash
Description: Row 1: Vasudeva and Devaki talk to Garga: Garga visits Nanda and performs purificatory rites on behalf of Krishna and Balarama (seated on their mothers’ lap); Row 2: Krishna in a cradle; Yashoda bathes Krishna; the child in Yashoda’s arms while Nanda waves a lotus (?) in his raised hand; Children at play(?); Row 3: Yashoda and Rohini playing with the children, Krishna crawling; Row 4 The children play with the calves (damaged).
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, east wall, north corner
Date: First half of the 18th century, damaged by splashes of withewash
Description: Top row: Yashodha threatens Krishna with a rope; Krishna and Balarama persuade Yashoda and Rohini of their innocence: while Rohini (?) is sleeping, they creep in a larder and steal curds; They are caught and chastised; Bottom row: Krishna and Balarama play with the gopas; Krishna seated beneath a tree.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, east wall
Date: First half of the 18th century, damaged by splashes of withewash
Description: Top row: While Yashoda (?) is churning curds, Krishna distracts her and with the help of Balarama breaks the pot; Balarama in Rohini’s arms; The gopis complain to Yashoda about the behaviour of her son; Balarama churns curds under his mother’s eyes; Yashoda nurses Krishna; while she looks at a pot boiling on the fire, he steals butter/curds; Bottom row, Krishna and his companions pilfer pots of curds and butter and are discovered by a gopi; While the gopi is complaining, Yashoda takes a length of rope and both of them grab Krishna and tie him.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, east wall
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: Top row: Krishna tied to the mortar releases the gandharvas Nalakubara and Manigriva; Bottom row: the gopas leave Gokul and relocate to Vrindavan.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, east wall, south corner
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: Top row: Aghasura confronts the gopas and swallows them along with Krishna and the cattle; Krishna, however, increases his size and Aghasura chokes to death; Bottom row: A picnic along the Yamuna.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, south wall, east corner
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: Top row: Krishna looks for the the gopas and the cattle abducted by Brahma; Brahma pays homage to Krishna and returns the boys and the animals; Bottom row: The boys return home to their parents.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, south wall, west corner
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: Top row: Krishna frees the abducted boys who return home to their parents; Second row: Balarama kills Dhenukasura; The gods shower flower petals on him and his companions; Yashoda and Rohini bathe Krishna, bless their sons and put them to sleep; The boys in a cave (?); Third row: Krishna dives into the Yamuna and quells the snake Kaliya.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, south wall, west corner
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