Gods
Date: 17th century
Description: Unidentified narrative. Top row (from left); an ascetic is visited by two sages (?); six ascetics pay homage to Shiva and Parvati. Bottom row: Suta and
Madhyandina visit Vyaghrapada and Patanjali; Upamanyu’s mother carries her baby to a Shiva temple and places it before a linga. From it emerges Shiva’s hand instructing Parvati to feed the child milk of the divine cow. Upamanyu receives instruction from his guru.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Nataraja Temple complex;Chidambaram
Positioning: Shivakamasundari shrine; open mandapa, second bay from the south
Description: Top row: From right to left: Upamanyu (?) worships the linga. An old Brahmin on his way to Chidambaram is robbed by a hunter. A devotee pays homage to Shiva and Parvati seated atop Mt Kailasa. Second row; Unidentified scenes., probably the continuation of the story of the pilgrim robbed by the hunter.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Nataraja Temple complex;Chidambaram
Positioning: Shivakamasundari shrine; open mandapa, second bay from the south
Description: Top row; Devotees before Nataraja; Bottom row mostly disappeared but for a fragment depicting a dancer and a cymbal player. The sequence ends with
the depiction of people bathing in a tank.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Nataraja Temple complex;Chidambaram
Positioning: Shivakamasundari shrine; open mandapa, second bay from the south
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: From top to bottom and from left to right; First row: Rama wins Sita’s hand; Rama and Sita’s wedding; Arjuna shoots the matsya yantra (the revolving fish target). Second row: Battle scenes. Third row: Krishna steals the clothes of the gopis. (cowherdesses); The Vidyaranya is taken in procession to the Virupaksha temple.
Location: Karnataka Temple;Virupaksha Temple;Hampi
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling, sixth, seventh and eighth row from west
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: From top to bottom and from left to right; First row: Rama wins Sita’s hand; Rama and Sita’s wedding; Arjuna shoots the matsya yantra (the revolving fish target). Second row: Battle scenes. Third row: Krishna steals the clothes of the gopis. (cowherdesses); The Vidyaranya is taken in procession to the Virupaksha temple.
Location: Karnataka Temple;Virupaksha Temple;Hampi
Positioning: Open mandapa,ceiling, sixth, seventh and eighth row from west
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: From top to bottom and from left to right; First row: Rama wins Sita’s hand; Rama and Sita’s wedding; Arjuna shoots the matsya yantra (the revolving fish target). Second row: Battle scenes. Third row: Krishna steals the clothes of the gopis; The Vidyaranya is taken in procession to the Virupaksha temple.
Location: Karnataka Temple;Virupaksha Temple;Hampi
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling, sixth, seventh and eighth row from west
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Brahma and Sarasvati flanked by dvarapalas. In the upper corners of the tableau: Child Krishna seated on the serpent Shesha. Above the main scene: buildings inhabited by rishis.
Location: Karnataka Temple;Virupaksha Temple;Hampi
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling, first row from west, south panel
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Shiva and Parvati flanked by Narada (right) and Tumburu (left). In the upper corners of the tableau, kinnaras strewing flowers on the divine couple; Above the main scene: buildings inhabited by rishis; At the bottom, centre, two crouching Nandis facing one another.
Location: Karnataka Temple;Virupaksha Temple;Hampi
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling, first row from west, central panel
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Lakshmi-Narayana flanked by Garuda (left) and Hanuman (right). In the upper corners of the tableau: Vatapatrashayi. Above the main scene: buildings inhabited by rishis.
Location: Karnataka Temple;Virupaksha Temple;Hampi
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling, first row from west, north panel
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: The wedding of Shiva and Parvati. At the centre, Shiva and Parvati, her father Himavan giving her away. Immediately on the left, near Shiva is Brahma, followed by Vishnu, Sarasvati, Narada, Tumburu and Bhairava. On the right, behind Himavan, are Mena (?) and four goddesses bearing trays; Bhringi, Adhikaranandi and Ganesha. Immediately above the divine couple, are Purushamriga (left); Kamadhenu (right) and in the corners kinnaras strew flowers on Shiva and Parvati. Kinnaras playing musical instruments and buildings inhabited by rishis are shown above the main scenes. Musicians playing trumpets and kettledrums, crouching Nandi, flanked by eight armed figures, possibly the dikpalas, are shown in the register immediately beneath the main scenes.
The next row shows the eight dikpalas.
Location: Karnataka Temple;Virupaksha Temple;Hampi
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling, second row from west
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: The eight dikpalas; (from right to left): Indra on the elephant Airavata; Agni on a ram; Yama on a buffalo; Nairriti on a man; Varuna on a makara; Vayu on a gazelle; Kubera on a horse; Ishana on a bull.
Beneath the register depicting the dikpalas are two mythological tableaux. On the left; Shiva incinerates Kama; On the right; Shiva destroys the three aerial cities of the asuras.
bottom (left): the burning of Kama; right: Shiva
destroys the three fortresses of the asuras
Location: Karnataka Temple;Virupaksha Temple;Hampi
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling, third and fourth rows from west
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Top row: The eights dikpalas (from right) Indra; Agni; Yama; Nairriti; Varuna; Vayu; Kubera; Ishana. Central row: On the left, Shiva incinerates Kama; On the right, Shiva destroys the three aerial cities of the asuras. Bottom row; The ten incarnations of Vishnu flanked by Rati on her horse formed by five girls (left) and by Kama on his elephant formed by nine girls (right).
Location: Karnataka Temple;Virupaksha Temple;Hampi
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling, third, fourth and fifth rows from west
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