Gods
Date: Paintings: probably 18th century
Description: Murugan flanked by Valli, Devasena and devotees.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Nandishvara Manikkavachakar shrine, ceiling of the mandapa
Date: Paintings: probably 18th century
Description: Padal Petra Sthalams i.e. the 275 temples celebrated in the hymns of the Shaiva saints.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Nandishvara Manikkavachakar shrine, ceiling of the mandapa
Date: Paintings: probably 18th century
Description: Padal Petra Sthalams i.e. the 275 temples celebrated in the hymns of the Shaiva saints.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Nandishvara Manikkavachakar shrine, ceiling of the mandapa
Date: Paintings: probably 18th century
Description: Padal Petra Sthalams i.e. the 275 temples celebrated in the hymns of the Shaiva saints.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Nandishvara Manikkavachakar shrine, ceiling of the mandapa
Date: Paintings: probably 18th century
Description: Padal Petra Sthalams i.e. the 275 temples celebrated in the hymns of the Shaiva saints.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Nandishvara Manikkavachakar shrine,ceiling of the mandapa
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: (from left) Shiva in the guise of a guru, accepts Manikkavachakar as his disciple, initiates him, and the newly initiated disciple worships the feet of his Lord.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, east face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Top row: The parents of Manikkavachakar, whose real name was Tiruvatavurar, i.e. “he of Tiruvatavur”, worship Shiva; They are blessed with a son.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine; south face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Fourth row; On his way to Tirupperunturai Manikkavachakar visits the Minakshi Temple, bathes in the Potramarai tank and a brahmin gives him some sacred ash to rub on his forehead.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, south face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Fifth row: A guru (Shiva), seated under a tree, preaches to his disciples at Tirupperunturai.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, south face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Fifth row; On arrival at Tirupperunturai Manikkavachakar goes to the Shiva temple to take a bath, and his eyes fall on the guru preaching beneath a tree nearby.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, south face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Top row: Manikkavachakar informes Arimarttana Pandya (Varagunavarman II) that the horses have been purchased, thereupon the king gives him the title of Turangapati (Master of the horses); He then goes to the Minakshi temple and bathes in the Potramarai tank.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, west face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Top row; Moved by Manikkavachakar prayers, Shiva orders his retainers to transform the jackals of the forest into horses on which they would ride towards Madurai. He himself would appear as a horseman.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, west face
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