Ladies
Historical background
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.
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: The ‘King’s Bedroom’; View of the west staircase and south wall.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 4 , The ‘King’s Bedroom’
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: The ‘King’s Bedroom’; Textile motifs decorating the arches.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 4 , The ‘King’s Bedroom’
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: The ‘King’s Bedroom’; View of the south aisle, from west to east.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 4 , The ‘King’s Bedroom’
Date: 18th century
Description: Top row (from left): Dasharatha divides the payasa among his three queens, who eat it in their private quarters. Bottom row: The king, Rishyashringa (Kalaikottu munivar), Vasishtha, the ministers, and the queens in their palanquins return to Ayodhya.
Location: Tamil NaduTemple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; central pavilion, ceiling, east side
Date: 18th century
Description: Top row (from left): Back in Ayodhya Dasharatha
consults Rishyashringa (Kalaikottu munivar) and Vasishtha. Dasharatha visits his queens. Bottom row: The three pregnant queens are being fanned by their attendants. Dasharatha talks to a messenger.
Location: Tamil NaduTemple;Kallagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; central pavilion, ceiling, east side
Date: 18th century
Description: Top row: The three queens are being
fanned by their attendants. Dasharatha talks to a messenger. Bottom row (from right): the messenger takes leave of the king. The three pregnant queens are looked after by their attendants.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; central pavilion, ceiling, south east corner
Date: 18th century
Description: Top row: The three queens, Kausalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra give birth. Bottom row (from right): The four babies are bathed. An attendant informs a messenger of the birth of the princes.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; central pavilion, ceiling, south side
Date: 18th century
Description: Top row (from left): The nurses carry the babies;
The babies in their cradles. Bottom row (from right) : The nurses attend to the babies; Three princes, Rama, Lakshmana and Shatrughna learn to walk accompanied by their nurses.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; central pavilion, ceiling, south side
Date: 18th century
Description: Top row (from left): Bharata learns to walk; Vasisthta teaches the princes reading, writing, wrestling. Central row: He teaches them horse and elephant riding. Bottom row (from right): He trains them in archery. Dasharatha feeds the Brahmins. The four princes on the lap of their father and mothers sit opposite Vasishtha performing a ritual.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; central pavilion, ceiling, south side
Date: 18th century
Description: Top row (from right): The princes practise archery under the eyes of Vasishtha. Rama hits Kuni (Manthara) with a mud pellet. Vishvamitra on the way to Ayodhya. Bottom row (from left): Dasharatha prostrates before the sage; Vishvamitra requests the king to entrust Rama and Lakshmana to his care; Dasharatha is devastated; Vishvamitra, Rama and Lakshmana take leave of the king.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; central pavilion, ceiling, south side
Date: 18th century
Description: Top row: (from left): Dasharatha prostrates before the sage; Vishvamitra requests the king to entrust Rama and Lakshmana to his care; Dasharatha is devastated; Vishvamitra, Rama and Lakshmana take leave of Dasharatha. Bottom row (from left): The king, the queens and the minister, Sumantra, accompany them until the river Sarayu. The princes and the sage spend their first night in the forest.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; central pavilion, ceiling, south side
Date: 18th century
Description: Top row (from right): King Dasharatha entrusts to the messenger his reply to King Janaka; the messenger returns to Mithila (unclear). Bottom row (from left); The Ayodhya royal party passes through the gate of the town. The king and the three queens travel in palanquins, the princes Bharata, Shatrughna and the sage Vasishtha in chariots, surrounded by a posse of retainers. The minister Sumantra follows the royal procession on horse.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; central pavilion, ceiling, north side
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