Gods
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Top: Narasimha grabs Hiranyakashipu; Bottom: Hiranyakashipu’s followers. On the right; Wooden pillar showing a yali standing on an elephant
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, second tier, transept, south west corner
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Five Vijayanagara commanders receiving prasada (here a flower garland) from a pujari at the Narumpunatha temple.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, second tier, transept, north east wall, third row
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Left: A courtly figure granting audience; Right: Royal retainers (spittoon- and water-bearers). On the wooden plllar: Ganesha
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, second tier, south chamber, south wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Second tier, transept, view form south-east to north-west. The wooden sculptures show Virabhadra (left) and Purushamriga (right).
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, second tier, transept
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Second tier, transept, view form south east to north west. The wooden sculptures show Virabhadra (lin the foreground) and Purushamriga (in the background).
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, second tier, transept
Date: mid-17th century
Description: On the left: Vishnu as Padmanabhaswamy ; In the foreground Sridevi and Bhudevi; In the right corner: Madhu and Kaitabha.
On the right, top: Sugriva and Lakshmana watch Rama inspecting the arrow which will kill Vali while Hanuman kneels at his feet. Bottom: The avataras of Vishnu.
Location: Tamil NaduTemple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, north chamber, north wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: On the left: Vishnu as Padmanabhaswamy ; In the foreground Sridevi and Bhudevi; In the right corner: Madhu and Kaitabha.
On the right, top: Sugriva and Lakshmana watch Rama inspecting the arrow which will kill Vali while Hanuman kneels at his feet. Bottom: The avataras of Vishnu.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, north chamber, north wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: On the left: Vishnu as Padmanabhaswamy; In the foreground Sridevi and Bhudevi; In the right corner: Madhu and Kaitabha.
On the right, top: Sugriva and Lakshmana watch Rama inspecting the arrow which will kill Vali while Hanuman kneels at his feet. Bottom: The avataras of Vishnu.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, north chamber, north wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Vishnu as Padmanabhaswamy. In the upper right corner: Madhu and Kaitabha; In the foreground: left Sridevi, right, Bhudevi.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, north chamber, north wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Rama inspects the arrow which will kill Vali, under the gaze of Sugriva and Lakshmana. Hanuman kneels at his feet.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, north chamber, north wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: On the left, Vikrama Pandya enthroned and a nobleman. Shiva, in the guise of a hunter, kills the magic black elephant sent by the Chola king – a Jain- to kill Vikrama Pandya. On the right, the king stands behind Shiva. (TP 22)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, north chamber, east wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: A net to catch a large fish is cast under the guidance of an experienced fisherman, i.e. Shiva in disguise. (TP 57)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, north chamber, east wall
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