Gods

Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: The story of Sambandar. Vignettes illustrating various events of his life.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, prakara, west wall

Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: The life of Sambandar. Vignettes illustrating the life of the saint.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, prakara, west wall

Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: The life of Sambandar. Vignettes illustrating the life of the saint: His meeting with Appar and their pilgrimages through South India; Sambandar’s arrival in Madurai, where a magic fire engulfs his ashram.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, prakara, west wall

Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: The life of Sambandar. Vignettes illustrating the life of the saint; The illness of Kun Pandya; The contests with the Jains and their subsequent impalement.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, prakara, west wall

Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: The life of Sambandar. Vignettes illustrating the life of the saint.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, prakara, west wall

Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: The life of Sambandar: The wedding of the saint and the merging of the whole party into Shiva.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, pradakshina patha, north wall

Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Top row: The life of Eyarkoan Kalikkama nayanmar.
Bottom row: Disappeared.
Location: Tamill Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, prakara, north wall

Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Top row: The story of Dhandi Adigal nayanmar; the story of Somasimara nayanmar; Bottom row: The story of Murkha nayanmar (disappeared); The story of Sakkiya nayanmar.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, prakara,north wall

Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Top row: The story of Chirappuli nayanmar; The story of Cheraman Perumal nayanmar; Bottom row: The story of Siruttondar nayanmar; The story of Gananatha nayanmar
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, prakara, north wall

Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Top row: The story of Kutruva nayanmar; Bottom row: The story of Poyyadimai Illadha Pulavar; On the right: Umamaheshvara flanked by Vighneshvara and Subrahmanya with consorts.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, prakara, north wall

Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: On the left: Sekkilar author of the Periya Puranam; On the right: Devotees paying homage to Vighneshvara enthroned. Perhaps the Chola king Anapaya (Kulottunga Chola) and the poet Sekkilar.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine; prakara, north wall

Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: On the left a king, perhaps Anapaya (Kulottunga Chola), a minister and Sekkilar paying homage to Vighneshvara (Ganesha); on the right a group of devotees, one of them with a lit lamp, stands before a stambha.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkloyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, prakara, north wall
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