Gods
Date: First half of the 18th century, damaged by splashes of withewash
Description: Top row: King Parikshit listens to the Bhagavata Purana recited by the sage Shuka; The Earth seeks Brahma’s help; Bottom row: Brahma, the Earth and the gods seek Vishnu’s assistance.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, west wall
Date: First half of the 18th century, damaged by splashes of withewash
Description: Top row: The assembly of the gods; Bottom row: The gods descend to earth to witness the nuptials of Devaki and Vasudeva.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, west wall
Date: First half of the 18th century, damaged by splashes of withewash
Description: Row 1: Vasudeva and Devaki in their apartment; Row 2: Vasudeva hands his first born son to Kamsa; Vasudeva; Devaki and a baby; Row 3: Narada visits Kamsa; Kamsa armed with a whip threatens a group of persons; He throws Devaki and Vasudeva in prison; Row 4: Kamsa kills a baby; Kamsa is lustrated(?); Devaki hands a baby over to Kamsa.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, west wall, north corner
Date: First half of the 18th century, damaged by splashes of withewash
Description: Row 1: Kamsa kills Devaki’s children; Row 2: Kamsa kills further three children of Devaki and Vasudeva; Vishnu and Lakshmi seated on Shesha surrounded by devotees; Row 3: Devaki and Vasudeva; Devaki’s pregnancy; Nanda and Rohini; Rohini gives birth to Balarama; the gods worship Vishnu in Devaki’s womb; Row 4: Devaki gives birth to Krishna; the baby lies in her arms; Vishnu manifests himself to his parents; Krishna in the cradle; Devaki entrusts Krishna to Vasudeva.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, north wall, west corner
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: Top row: Vasudeva, carries baby Krishna in his arms, escorted by Shesha; The Yamuna parts before them and they arrive at Nanda’s house in Gokul; Vasudeva enters the lying-in chamber substitutes Yashoda’s daughter with Krishna; Bottom row: Vasudeva and the baby girl return to Mathura; Vasudeva and Devaki deliver her to Kamsa and when he is on the verge of killing her she flies to the sky revealing that Krishna is alive; Kamsa releases Vasudeva and Devaki; Kamsa holds a meeting with his ministers.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, north wall
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: Row 1: Hearing of the birth of a son, Nanda consults the Brahmins; He takes a bath and purifies himself; Row 2: Nanda and Yashoda consult the astrologers, gift cows and grains to the Brahmins; the gopas bring gifts; Row 3: Rituals for the new-born Krishna and Balarama in the arms of their mothers; Nanda and the gopas travel to Mathura to pay Kamsa’s annual tributes; Row 4: Nanda and Vasudeva(?) before Kamsa; conversation between Vasudeva and Nanda; Nanda and Yashoda.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, north wall
Date: First half of the 18th century, damaged by splashes of withewash
Description: Row 1: Kamsa summons Putana, and sends her to Gokul, where, eventually, Krishna sucks the life out of her; Row 2: After Putana’s death, Yashoda picks up baby Krishna, takes him to the house; Nanda, Yashoda and Rohini perform rituals for the safety of the child; Nanda finds Putana’s body; Row 3: Nanda and Yashoda worship Krishna; Nanda with Krishna on his lap and Yashoda; sleeping Krishna is put in a cradle tied to a cart; Krishna destroys the cart demon, Shakatasura, to the amazement of the cowherds; Row 4: Yashodha and Krishna; a Brahmin recites verses for Krishna’s welfare at the presence of Nanda and Yashoda; Yashoda and crawling Krishna; The demon Trinavarta sweeps the baby off the ground, but is killed by Krishna and falls to the ground at the feet of the gopas.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, east wall, north-east corner
Date: First half of the 18th century, damaged by splashes of withewash
Description: Row 1: Vasudeva and Devaki talk to Garga: Garga visits Nanda and performs purificatory rites on behalf of Krishna and Balarama (seated on their mothers’ lap); Row 2: Krishna in a cradle; Yashoda bathes Krishna; the child in Yashoda’s arms while Nanda waves a lotus (?) in his raised hand; Children at play(?); Row 3: Yashoda and Rohini playing with the children, Krishna crawling; Row 4 The children play with the calves (damaged).
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, east wall, north corner
Date: First half of the 18th century, damaged by splashes of withewash
Description: Krishna’s childhood pranks.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, east wall
Date: First half of the 18th century, damaged by splashes of withewash
Description: Top row: Yashodha threatens Krishna with a rope; Krishna and Balarama persuade Yashoda and Rohini of their innocence: while Rohini (?) is sleeping, they creep in a larder and steal curds; They are caught and chastised; Bottom row: Krishna and Balarama play with the gopas; Krishna seated beneath a tree.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, east wall
Date: First half of the 18th century, damaged by splashes of withewash
Description: Top row: While Yashoda (?) is churning curds, Krishna distracts her and with the help of Balarama breaks the pot; Balarama in Rohini’s arms; The gopis complain to Yashoda about the behaviour of her son; Balarama churns curds under his mother’s eyes; Yashoda nurses Krishna; while she looks at a pot boiling on the fire, he steals butter/curds; Bottom row, Krishna and his companions pilfer pots of curds and butter and are discovered by a gopi; While the gopi is complaining, Yashoda takes a length of rope and both of them grab Krishna and tie him.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 2, east wall
Date: First half of the 18th century, damaged by splashes of withewash
Description: Top row: Krishna is tied to a mortar and drags it between two trees; the gandharvas Nalakubara and Manigriva appear, and being released from their curse they ascend to heaven in a chariot; Nanda and Yashoda witness the scene; Row 2: The gopas leave Gokul on their chariots; Row 3: They settle in Vrindavan: Nanda and his family in their house, the gopas in theirs; Krishna and Balarama go to the forest with the cattle; Krishna kills Vatsasura; Row 4: Nanda and his family in their house; Bakasura tries to swallow Krishna and his companions; Krishna, however, prises the heron’s bill open and tears him apart; The gandharvas praise him.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 1, east wall, south corner
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