Tiruvilayadal Puranam
Historical background
The ‘Purana of sacred plays’ of Shiva at Madurai is the final version of an old tradition of legends. The sixty-four legends were arranged in the present sequence by Paranjoti (late 16th, early 17th cent.) and are considered one of the peaks of Tamil narrative poetry.
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: The story of Emanatan and the woodcutter disciple of Panapattiran. (TP 41)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Shiva gives a letter for the Chera King to Panapattiran, who was needy; The singer relocates to the kingdom Cheraman Perumal where his talents are greatly appreciated. Eventually, loaded with riches, he returns to Madurai. (TP 42)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Shiva gives a plank to Panapattiran. (TP 43)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: The wife of Panapattiran wins a singing contest arranged by one of the wives of King Rajaraja Pandya. (TP 44)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Shiva nurses the orphaned young wild boars, whose parents were killed in battle by Rajaraja Pandya. (TP 45)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Illegible. The twelve piglets become ministers (?).(TP 46)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Shiva teaches the mrityunjaya mantra (a mantra to conquer death and darkness) to the black bird. (TP 47)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Shiva grants emancipation to a heron. (TP 48)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: After the cosmic dissolution and the re-creation of the universe Sundareshvara sends his snake-armlet to mark the boundaries of Madurai. (TP 49)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Shiva, disguised as a hunter intervenes in the battle between Vamshashekhara Pandya and Vikrama Chola. The arrows he shoots bear his name. (TP 50)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard , north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Shiva gives a magic wooden plank to the academicians. (TP 51)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihdishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Tarumi is awarded a prize for his poem, Nakkiran, however, raises objections. (TP 52)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
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