Ramayana
Historical background
One of the two great Sanskrit epics of India, the other being the Mahabharata. In its present form the epic consists of disparate elements, including romantic stories, myths, legends and vague historical information.
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: The queens and their attendants conversing; The heavily pregnant queens, are fanned and massaged by their attendants; Second row: Vasishtha teaches Shatrughna, Bharata, Lakshmana and Rama archery.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: The pregnant queens massaged by their attendants; The queens give birth; Second row: After completing their education, the princes, escorted by Vasishtha, meet Dasharatha and his minister, Sumantra.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam; ‘Puja room’
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: The pregnant queens are massaged by their attendants; The queens, Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi give birth; Second row: After completing their education, the princes, escorted by Vasishtha, meet king Dasharatha and his minister, Sumantra. On the extreme right: Outside the palace walls, Bharata and Shatrughna.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: The midwife informs the king that the queens have given birth and she is rewarded; Dasharatha bestows gifts upon the Brahmins (clothes, cattle, etc.); Second row: Lakshmana looks on while Rama aims pellets at Kuni’s (Manthara’s) hump. The four princes and their mothers in the palace.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: The Brahmins receive gifts from king Dasharatha; The four babies are given a bath; Second row: Rama and the three queens in the palace; A messenger announces the arrival of Vishvamitra; The sage is welcomed by Vasishtha, Dasharatha, Sumantra and their entourage.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: King Dasharatha washes Vishvamitra’s feet; Vishvamitra; Vasishtha talk to the king and Sumantra; Vishvamitra asks the king to entrust Rama to him; The king is on the verge of fainting and Sumantra steadies him; Second row: Vasishtha and his
charges are ferried across the river and perform their ablutions.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: King Dasharatha entrusts Rama and Lakshmana to the sage Vishvamitra and, along with his three queens and Vasishtha, sees them off at Ayodhya’s gate; They proceed to the forest where they spend their first night under the watchful eye of the sage; Second row: Rama liberates Ahalya from her curse. In the arch above the door: Gaja Lakshmi.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: The queens and the four toddlers; The princes are trained in various disciplines by Vasishtha; Second row: Vishvamitra and his charges visit the Anga (?) hermitage and then proceed further, beyond a river, to yet another hermitage; Here they meet three rishis; Third row: The arrival of Vishvamitra and his charges in Mithila; Sita sees Rama from her window; King Janaka, his guru Shatananda, and his minister welcome the sage; Vishvamitra and the princes in conversation with Janaka and his courtiers.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Vishvamitra and his charges arrive at the Ganges and are ferried across it; They enter a forest; Second row: King Janaka, his chaplain, Shatananda, and his ministers talk to Vishvamitra and the princes; In the arch above the door: Vishvamitra and the youths before Janaka’s assembled court.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Vishvamitra and his charges arrive at the Ganges and are ferried across it; They enter a forest; Vishvamitra encourages Rama to kill Tataka; Second row: On the right: Janaka, Shatananda,Vishvamitra; Rama and Lakshmana. In the arch above the door, Vishvamitra and the princes before Janaka’s assembled court.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Vishvamitra encourages Rama to kill Tataka; Her liberated soul ascends to heaven in a chariot; Vishvamitra, Indra and other gods praise the princes; The gandharvas scatter a rain of flower petals upon Rama and Lakshmana; The sage bestows the magical weapons upon Rama; Second row (left): Four servants; (right) Nine bearers carry Shiva’s bow.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Vasishtha trains the princes in swordsmanship and archery; Second row: Indra and other gods, the gandharvas and Vishvamitra praise Rama for killing Tataka; Vishvamitra bestows the magical weapons upon Rama and teaches him how to use them; In the background, behind the lobed arch, the door to the darbar hall and murals depicting the wedding of the four princes.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
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