Gods
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Top row: Manikkavachakar informs the king that the horses have been purchased; He bathes in the Potramarai tank; His followers blame him for jeopardising his careers thus compromising their livelyhood; Second row: The merchant with the horses arrives and the purchase is concluded at the presence of Arimarttana Pandya (Varagunavarman II) and of Manikkavachakar; Third row: the Vaigai floods Madurai and Shiva in the guise of a youth agrees to help an old woman by doing her share of work along the dam, in exchange fo some food. While the others work, the youth lies lazily beneath a tree.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, west face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Third row; After the 999 chosen ones have jumped into the fire, Manikkavachakar remains behind to spread Shaivism throughout South India and visits Shaiva holy sites.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, west face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Fourth row: The pilgrimage of Manikkavachakar and his followers preaching the Shaiva doctrine through South India. The individual temples are difficult to identify because of the rubbed inscriptions.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, west face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Fifth row: The pilgrimage of Manikkavachakar and his followers preaching the Shaiva doctrine through South India. Manikkavachakar meets a woman (?).
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, west face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Fifth row: The pilgrimage of Manikkavachakar and his followers preaching the Shaiva doctrine through South India. The individual temples are difficult to identify because of the rubbed inscriptions.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, west face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Fifth row: The pilgrimage of Manikkavachakar and his followers preaching the Shaiva doctrine through South India. The individual temples are difficult to identify because of the rubbed inscriptions.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, west face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Sixth row: The pilgrimage of Manikkavachakar and his followers preaching the Shaiva doctrine through South India.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, west face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: First row: Manikkavachakar worships Nataraja at Chidambaram; Unidentified episodes involving a group of ladies around a trough and a sage, perhaps Manikkavachakar, and a swarm of dragonflies; Second row (right): Manikkavachakar converses with Patanjali and Vyaghrapada; (left):The Chola king listens to a group of Buddhists.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, north face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Manikkavachakar, deities, and ascetics worship Nataraja, Shivakami, Vyaghrapada and Patanjali enshrined at Chidambaram.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Tempe;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, east face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Eight-armed seated Shiva.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, prakara, east wall
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: (Left): Celebrations at theTyagarajaTemple,Tiruvarur; (Right): The story of Amarniti Adigal nayanmar.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, prakara east wall
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: From left to right: The stories of Eripatta nayanmar; Yenati nayanmar and Kannappa nayanmar.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, prakara east wall
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