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.
Description: Top row 12 (from right): Rama’s troops attack Ravana’s fortress; Angada drags by the hair Ravana’s wife, Mandodari, in the assembly hall; Ravana enters the battlefield on his chariot; Bottom row 13 ctd. (from left): Rama, seated on Hanuman’s shoulders shoots arrows at Ravana but his limbs regenerate; Hanuman, and then Sugriva, fight bare handed against Ravana, who succumbs to Sugriva’s punches and is rescued by two rakshasas.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa, east corridor, ceiling
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: First row: Manikkavachakar worships Nataraja at Chidambaram; Unidentified episodes involving a group of ladies around a trough and a sage, perhaps Manikkavachakar, and a swarm of dragonflies; Second row (right): Manikkavachakar converses with Patanjali and Vyaghrapada; (left):The Chola king listens to a group of Buddhists.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, north face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Top row: Unidentified episodes involving Manikkavachakar and a swarm of dragonflies; A group of ladies around a trough; Second row: Manikkavachakar and his companions before the Chola king, debate with the Buddhists.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, north face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Top row: Unidentified narrative involving Manikkavachakar and a group of ladies; Second row:
An ascetic nears the building in which the sage and his companions are sleeping; Manikkavachakar under a tree flanked by his followers.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, north face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Top row: End of the sequence of unidentified episodes involving Manikkavachakar and some ladies; Second row: A palanquin is readied under Manikkavachakar’s guidance.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, north face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Third row: The sage and his followers meet the dumb daughter of the Chola king; Fourth row: damaged.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, north face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Third row (left): The Buddhists; (right) The Chola king and his dumb daughter; Fourth row: Damaged.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, north face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Third row: Having failed to free the dumb daughter of the Chola king of her infirmity, the defeated Buddhists are killed; Fourth row: Damaged.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, north face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Third row: The Chola king, his retinue, and some devotees praise Manikkavachakar for having restored princess’s speech; Fourth row; Damaged.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, north face
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Unidentified narrative involving Jain (?) monks. On the right: A pious lady worships the linga; Shiva appears to her in a dream (?).
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, prakara east wall
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Shiva as Bhikshatana seduces the wives of the rishis.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine, prakara, south wall
Date: Paintings: late 19th, early 20th century
Description: Sundaramurti nayanmar with his consorts Paravai and Sangili.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Atmanatha Temple;Avudaiyarkoyil
Positioning: Sivananda Manikkavachakar shrine; prakara east wall
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