Heroes
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: 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: 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 on Hanuman’s shoulder routs the rakshasas; Ravana on the battlefield wounds Lakshmana.
Location: Tamil Nadu 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: Late 16th or early 17th century
Description: Rama and Sita enthroned; Top row: Bharata Shatrughna, Vibhishana and other heroes on the top row; Bottom row: Guha (?); Angada (?); Jambavan and other allies.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Venugopala Parthasarathi Temple;Chengam
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling
Date: Late 16th or early 17th century
Description: Bottom row: Rama receives Vibhishana, carrying a basket of fruit, who prostrates at his feet; Central row: Hanuman, Angada and their followers, disrupt Ravana’s patala-homa (sacrifice to ensure victory against the enemy); Top row: Battle scenes.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Venugopala Parthasarathi;Chengam
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling
Date: Late 16th or early 17th century
Description: Bottom row: Rama talks to Vibhishana, prostrates before him; Lakshmana consecrates Vibhishana; Central row; Rama’s troops invade Ravana’s palace; Angada grabs Mandodari by the hair and drags her out of her rooms; Ravana, a disappeared figure and Sugriva (?); Top row: Battle scenes: Lakshmana fights against Ravana and other rakshasas under the eyes of Jambavan, Sugriva and other heroes.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Venugopala Parthasarathi;Chengam
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling
Date: Late 16th or early 17th century
Description: Battle scenes on all three rows. Top row: Lakshmana is wounded on the battlefield and lies on Rama’s lap. The physician Sushena takes care of him; Hanuman goes to the Himalayas and brings back the mountain with the healing herbs.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Venugopala Parthasarathi Temple;Chengam
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling
Date: Late 16th or early 17th century
Description: Bottom and central rows: Battle scenes. Top row, on the extreme right: Vibhishana and Hanuman talk to Jambavan; Hanuman, on top of a hillock fights against a group of rakshasas; He finds the mountain with the healing herbs, and carries it back to the battlefield.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Venugopala Parthasarathi Temple;Chengam
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling
Date: Late 16th or early 17th century
Description: Bottom row: Rama on the battlefield ; Vibhishana talks to him; Battle scenes; Central row: Disappeared but for a few fragments; Top row (from right): Wounded and dying monkeys; Hanuman and Vibhishana talk to Jambavan; Hanuman on a hillock faces a troop of rakshasas.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Venugopala Parthasarathi Temple;Chengam
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling
Date: Late 16th or early 17th century
Description: Bottom row, left: A council scene: Rama discusses the strategy with Hanuman, Vibhishana and Jambavan; On the extreme right: Lakshmana on Hanuman’s shoulders fights against Indrajit (?); Central row: Disappeared; Top row: Wounded and dying heroes.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Venugopala Parthasarathi Temple;Chengam
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling
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