Rakshasas
Historical background
Malevolent spirits that roam at night assuming many forms at will. They are described as raw flesh-eaters, having deformed limbs, sharp claws and side-fangs. They play a prominent role in Hindu mythology and folklore.
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Above the arch: Ravana sends Indrajit to capture Hanuman; In the arch: The burning of Lanka; On the left of the arch: Hanuman’s tail is wound in oiled rags; On the right of the arch; Hanuman takes leave of Sita.
Above the door: the burning of Lanka; on the left Hanuman’s tail is wound in oiled rags; Above the door; Under the gaze of Ravana, his wife and courtiers, Hanuman sets Lanka ablaze; On the right, he takes leave of Sita.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: In the arch: Under the gaze of Ravana, his wife and courtiers, Hanuman sets Lanka ablaze. On the left: Kumbhakarna asleep while Lanka is burning.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: A battle scene (?); Second row: Indrajit (?) looking at himself in a mirror (?); Third row: Indrajit binds the allies’ troops with the nagapasha (snake noose) but they are rescued by Garuda; Fourth row: Wounded heroes (?).
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Rama in council; Kumbhakarna enters the fray; Second row: Ravana sends Indrajit to the battlefield; He uses the magical nagapasha (snake noose); Third row: The allies’ army is rendered unconscious; Ravana looks on the battlefield strewn with corpses; Trijata takes Sita on an aerial chariot and shows her the wounded heroes on the battlefield; Fourth row: Ravana (on the adjacent wall, left) visits Sita in the ashoka grove.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Ravana in council; Kumbhakarna fights against the allies’ army; Kumbhakarna (?) is greeted by his companions; Second row: Ravana and
Kumbhakarna; After a fierce battle, Kumbhakarna is killed by Lakshmana; Third row: Lakshmana fights against Indrajit; Indrajit concealed in a cloud lets loose a rain of arrows on the allies’ army; Fourth row: Rama and his allies; Ravana and his troopers.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Rama in council; Consecration scene (?Vibhishana joins Rama’s party); Rama in council; Rama sleeps on a bed of darbha grass on the shore of the sea; Sagara prostrates before Rama; Council scene; Second row: (illegible), Council scene; Ravana in Lanka; Battle scene; Third row: Rama in council; Hanuman carries Rama on his shoulder, Angada (?) carries Lakshmana.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Hanuman flies above the sea returning from his expedition to Lanka; The vanaras destroy the Madhuvana; Hanuman meets Rama; Second row: the vanaras build the bridge and cross the strait and reach Lanka; Rama in council; Third row: Ravana in council; Ravana on a chariot rides into the battlefield.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Hanuman hands to Rama Sita’s chudamani (head-jewel); Rama and Lakshmana talk to Hanuman and Jambavan and review the assembled troops; Second row: Ravana is on top of a tower, Sugriva(?) jumps on him, grabs his crown and brings it to Rama; Rama sends Angada on a diplomatic mission to Lanka; Third row: battle scene, Lakshmana on Hanuman’s shoulder routs the rakshasas; Ravana on the battlefield wounds Lakshmana.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: On his flight to Lanka Hanuman encounters the rakshasi Simhika; She swallows his shadow and he kills her and escapes.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: From left: On his flight to Lanka Hanuman rests on Mount Mainaka; He then encounters the rakshasi Surasa, who swallows him, but he escapes from her ear; Then the rakshasi Simhika swallows his shadow, but he kills her and escapes.
Location: TamilNadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Hanuman jumps across the ocean from Mount Mahendra. He rests on Mount Mainaka and then he encounters the rakshasi Surasa who swallows him, he, however, escapes from her ear.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
Description: Top row: Vali’s cremation; Angada collects the ashes; The participants in Vali’s last rites perform their ablutions; Lakshmana crowns Sugriva king of Kishkindha at the presence of his courtiers; Second row: Hanuman jumps across the ocean from Mount Mahendra, rests on Mount Mainaka, and then confronts the rakshasi Surasa who swallows him; Hanuman, however, escapes through her ear. Third row: Hanuman wrecks Ravana’s garden and fights against the rakshasas.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Darbar Hall
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