Society

Music

Music

Musical performances, musicians and singers have always played a great role in the visual art of India.

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Rituals

Rituals

Weddings and festivals provide the artists with a scope to explore religious rituals and at the same time courtly etiquette, dress, and ornaments in great detail.

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Festival

Festival

Depictions of festivals and the various concomitant rituals provide an invaluable source of information. Many of the present-days festivals bear a strong resemblance to those depicted in the murals.

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Wedding

Wedding

Weddings are a theme which the artists explored in depth. Of interest are the various details showing the different rituals followed by the various communities to which the artists’ patrons belonged.

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Ladies

Ladies

The numerous depictions of ladies, queens, attendants, fan-. fly whisk-, arm-bearers, not to speak of the heavenly apsaras and other divine beauties were a source of great inspiration for the artists.

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Courtiers

Courtiers

Of particular interest are the various ranks of courtiers illustrated in the murals: from the State ministers, to scribes, spittoon-bearers, arm-bearers and a posse of other.

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Rulers

Rulers

Mythical rulers appear in the murals along historical figure such as Muthu Vijaya Raghunatha Setupati of Ramanathapuram

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