Rituals
Historical background
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.
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: The wedding of Shiva and Parvati; From right: Vishnu, Vishvakarma, and eight rishis. On the left: a green-complexioned male – almost disappeared- sits before a lady reading from a manuscript; six ladies bearing sugarcanes and a fragment of a seventh (?) stand behind him.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Natyamandapa, third bay from the east, centre and north
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: The wedding of Shiva and Parvati; From right: Brahma officiating, Shiva and Parvati flanked by female attendants, Himavan and Mena.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Natyamandapa, third bay from the east, centre
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: The wedding of Shiva and Parvati; From right: three ladies, Vishnu, Vishvakarma and rishis. On the left: Fragment of seated male figure and the plait of an obliterated female figure.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Natyamandapa, third bay from the east, centre and north
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: A lady with a manuscript in her hand reciting, and a female musician accompanying her performance; Fragments of a seated male figure, the plait of a no longer extant female figure, and six standing ladies with sugarcanes.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Natyamandapa, third bay from the east, north
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: Decorated image of Durga in the north west corner of the mahamandapa (reflected in the mirror placed opposite the actual image).
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Mahamandapa, northwest corner
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: A group of ladies paying homage to Shiva.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Circumambulatory passage around the sanctuary, east side
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: A group of ladies paying homage to Venkateshvara.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Circumambulatory passage around the sanctuary, south west corner
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: Virabhadra flanked by Virapanna, his wife, daughter(?) and the patriarch Daksha.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Mahamandapa, ceiling of the central bay
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: A group of ladies paying homage to Virabhadra.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Circumambulatory passage around the sanctuary, east side
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: A group of ladies paying homage to Virabhadra.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Circumambulatory passage around the sanctuary, east side
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: Two groups of ladies at worship.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Circumambulatory passage around the sanctuary, east side
Date: First half of the 16th century
Description: A group of ladies paying homage to Shiva.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temples;Virabhadraswamy Temple;Lepakshi
Positioning: Circumambulatory passage around the sanctuary, east
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