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: 18th century, partly obliterated by whitewash
Description: Top row: The weddings of Rama and Sita and of Bharata and Mandavi; Bottom row: Obliterated by whitewash.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; east wall, south of the door
Date: 18th century, partly obliterated by whitewash
Description: Top row: The weddings of Lakshmana and Urmila and of Shatrughna and Shrutakirti. The bottom row and the rest of the east wall have disappeared.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; east wall, south of the door
Date: 18th century, partly obliterated by whitewash
Description: King Dasharatha, Vasishtha and Sumantra in council; A carpenter decorates the tower of a building with flags; The royal insignias, an elephant and a horse are readied for Rama’s consecration; Kuni (Manthara) sees all these activities from a terrace. Bottom row:
The citizens of Ayodhya accompany the
exiles until the river. Sumantra drives them to the forest, where they take leave of him. They don the garb of the ascetics. To the right: two forest-dwellers (?).
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; south wall
Date: 18th century, partly obliterated by whitewash
Description: Top row: Kuni (Manthara) informs Kaikeyi of the preparations for Rama’s consecration. She is rewarded with a necklace. The queen retires to the ‘sulking room’, discards her ornaments, lies down disconsolate; The concerned Dasaratha visits her. On hearing that she wants her son, Bharata, to be consecrated king instead of Rama, Dasharatha faints; Kaikeyi and Kuni try to revive him. Bottom row: Sumantra returns to Ayodhya carrying in the chariot the crowns of Rama and Lakshmana. In the forest, Guha approaches Lakshmana; On the next day he ferries the exiles across the Ganga.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; south wall
Date: 18th century, partly obliterated by whitewash
Description: Top row: Vasishtha sends Sumantra to fetch Rama; Both arrive at the presence of Dasharatha and the three queens. Bottom row: After crossing the Ganges on Guha’s boat, the exiles arrive at Bharadvaja’s hermitage and from there, having crossed another river, they proceed to Mount Chitrakuta.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; south wall
Date: 18th century, partly obliterated by whitewash
Description: Top row: Rama greets Dasharatha and the queens; Kaikeyi tells him that her son, Bharata, will be king and that he will be banished for fourteen years. Rama and Lakshmana take leave of Kausalya and Sumitra. Bottom row: Rama and Lakshmana push across a river a raft on which Sita is seated; They arrive at an hermitage.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; south wall
Date: 18th century, partly obliterated by whitewash
Description: Top row: Rama greets Dasharatha and the queens; Kaikeyi tells him that her son, Bharata, will be king and that he will be banished for fourteen years. Rama and Lakshmana take leave of Kausalya and Sumitra. Bottom row: Rama and Lakshmana push across a river a raft on which Sita is seated; They arrive at a hermitage.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; south wall
Date: 18th century, partly obliterated by whitewash
Description: Top row: Rama and Lakshmana take leave of queen Kaikeyi; Before leaving Ayodhya they gift their riches and cattle to the Brahmins. Bottom row: The exiles meet the sages in the forest.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; south wall
Date: 18th century, damaged by splashes of whitewash
Description: Top row: Rama and Lakshmana take leave of queen Kaikeyi; Before leaving Ayodhya they gift their riches and cattle to the Brahmins. Bottom row: The exiles meet the sages living in the forest; After having left the exiles on the edge of the forest, Sumantra returns to Ayodhya and meets Dasharatha; The grief-stricken king is about to die in the arms of his queens.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; south wall
Date: 18th century, damaged by splashes of whitewash
Description: Top row: The distressed Dasharatha watches as Kaikeyi takes command of the situation and talks to Vasishtha and Sumantra; Rama and Lakshmana take leave of Kausalya. Bottom row: On hearing Sumantra’s report, the grief stricken Dasharatha collapses and dies in the arms of his queens. They weep and wail, mourning their loss.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; south wall
Date: 18th century, damaged by splashes of whitewash
Description: Top row: Rama and Lakshmana take leave of Kausalya; The three exiles take leave of Kausalya and Sumitra; King Dasharatha in a palanquin follows the chariot conveying them to the forest. Bottom row: Dasharatha’s body lies in state mourned by the queens, Vasishtha and Sumantra. The body is then placed in a vat of gingelly oil.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa, south wall
Date: 18th century, damaged by splashes of whitewash
Description: Top row: King Dasharatha in a palanquin follows the exiles’ chariot. Bottom row: Dasharatha’s body is placed in a vat of gingelly oil; Vasishtha entrusts a letter for Bharata to a messenger.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; south west corner
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