Manikkavachakar
Historical background
One of the four most important Shaiva saints (9th cent.). He became an important figure at the Pandya court in Madurai but after a series of dramatic events he renounced the world and wandered through South India and further afield singing the praises of Shiva.
Date: 17th century
Description: Top row (damaged) Manikkavachakar gives the dumb daughter of the Chola king the power of speech. Bottom row, left (damaged): The killing of the Buddhists; Their hacked bodies are thrown in an oil press; (right) Manikkavachakar and his disciples.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Nataraja Temple complex;Chidambaram
Positioning: Shivakamasundari shrine; open mandapa, southernmost bay
Date: 17th century
Description: Top row (partly disappeared). On the right: Manikkavachakar sings his poems and a Shaiva mendicant copies them. Bottom row (partly disappeared): The next morning, the priests open the Nataraja shrine and find the manuscript with the songs; Manikkavachakar explains to them the meaning of the songs.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Nataraja Temple complex;Chidambaram
Positioning: Shivakamasundari shrine; open mandapa, southernmost bay
Date: 17th century
Description: Manikkavachakar enters the sanctuary and, under the eyes of the priests, merges into Shiva Nataraja.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Nataraja Temple complex;Chidambaram
Positioning: Shivakamasundari shrine; open mandapa, southernmost bay
Date: Paintings: 17th century
Description: Plan of the Vaidyanatha temple: at the centre Shiva and two consorts, on the left the Shivalinga; on the right a standing image of the Devi. On the extreme right is the Vinayaka shrine, immediately beneath it, the Nalvar shrine.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Vaidyanatha Temple;Srivilliputtur
Positioning: Mahamandapa ceiling, immediately to the east of the flag staff
Date: Paintings: 17th century
Description: Plan of the Vaidyanatha temple: at the centre Shiva and two consorts, on the left the Shivalinga; on the right a standing image of the Devi. On the extreme right is the Vinayaka shrine, immediately beneath it the Nalvar shrine.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Vaidyanatha Temple;Srivilliputtur
Positioning: Mahamandapa ceiling, east of the flag staff
Date: mid-17th century
Description: General view of the west wall of the south chamber on the first tier of the gopura, depicting the story of Manikkavachakar (TP 59).
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, first tier, south chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: A king, perhaps Varagunavarman II (aka Arimarttana Pandya) granting audience to Manikkavachakar; Behind the king are a brahmin and retainers.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, first tier, south chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Manikkavachakar, his sword-bearer, and two brahmins (?).
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, first tier, south chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: A king, perhaps Varagunavarman II (aka Arimarttana Pandya), granting audience to Manikkavachakr, accompanied by a sword-bearer. On the left, royal retainers.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, first tier, south chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: The king, perhaps Varagunavarman II (aka Arimarttana Pandya) gives a neacklace to Manikkavachakar. A brahmin stands behind the king, and two men, the first with a sword and the second with a palm-leaf manuscript are shown behind the dignitary. (TP 59)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, first tier, south chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Manikkavachakar, followed by a parasol-bearer watches his servants carrying boxes. On the extreme left, barely visible, a shrine.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, first tier, south chamber, west wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Manikkavachakar, preceded by a band, travels in a palanquin to a shrine and prostrates before the Shiva linga.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple
Positioning: Gopura, first tier, south chamber, west wall
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