Gods
Date: mid-17th century
Description: A devotee worships Minakshi and Sundareshvara.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, south chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: The king worships Sundareshvara. On the left an ascetic; on the right the king’s retinue. (TP 21)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, south chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Fourth tier, north chamber, east wall; The story of Valli and Murugan. (KP VI.24)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, fourth tier, north chamber, east wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: The hunter Nampi finds a baby girl born from the doe. (KP VI.24)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, fourth tier, north chamber, east wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: The hunters, headad by Nampi carrying the baby (on the extreme left), proceed towards their settlement. (KP VI.24)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, fourth tier, north chamber, east wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Valli in a cradle; Life in the hunters’ settlement. (KP VI.24)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, fourth tier, north chamber, east wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Valli, on a paran (platform), guards the millet fields and is approached by her father and other hunters bringing an object. Her companion, on the right, holds a bowl of food in her left hand.
Location: Tamil NaduTemple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, fourth tier, north chamber, east wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: The hunters notice the presence of a new vengai tree – Murugan in disguise – near the paran (platform) where Valli and her companion watch the millet field. They want to fell it, but Nampi prevents them from doing so. (KP VI. 24)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, fourth tier, north chamber, east wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Valli and her companion on a paran. On the right, Murugan in the guise of an Shaiva devotee appears and begs food from the girls. (KP VI.24)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, fourth tier, north chamber, east wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Disappeared. Probably this scene depicted the hunters and the Shaiva mendicant approaching the paran (platform) where Valli and her companion
are seated. (KP VI.24)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, fourth tier, north chamber, east wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Murugan in the guise of an old mendicant approaches the paran (platform) and talks to Valli. (KP VI.24)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, fourth tier, north chamber, east wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: The hunters in the forest; the old mendicant sheds his guise and reveals himself as Murugan. (KP. VI.24)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, fourth tier, north chamber, east wall
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