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: A battle scene (?); Second row: Indrajit (?) looking at himself in a mirror (?); Third row: Indrajit binds the allies’ troops with the nagapasha (snake noose) but they are rescued by Garuda; Fourth row: Wounded heroes (?).
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Rama in council; Kumbhakarna enters the fray; Second row: Ravana sends Indrajit to the battlefield; He uses the magical nagapasha (snake noose); Third row: The allies’ army is rendered unconscious; Ravana looks on the battlefield strewn with corpses; Trijata takes Sita on an aerial chariot and shows her the wounded heroes on the battlefield; Fourth row: Ravana (on the adjacent wall, left) visits Sita in the ashoka grove.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Ravana in council; Kumbhakarna fights against the allies’ army; Kumbhakarna (?) is greeted by his companions; Second row: Ravana and
Kumbhakarna; After a fierce battle, Kumbhakarna is killed by Lakshmana; Third row: Lakshmana fights against Indrajit; Indrajit concealed in a cloud lets loose a rain of arrows on the allies’ army; Fourth row: Rama and his allies; Ravana and his troopers.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Rama and his troops.
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 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: On his flight to Lanka Hanuman encounters the rakshasi Simhika; She swallows his shadow and he kills her and escapes.
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
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Hanuman jumps across the ocean from Mount Mahendra. He rests on Mount Mainaka and then he encounters the rakshasi Surasa who swallows him, he, however, escapes from her ear.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
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