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 18th century
Description: Top row: The princes pretend to undertake a pilgrimage to Kashi; Row 2: The princes are being ceremonially bathed and massaged with haldi (turmeric); Row 3: Worship of the Goddess.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 3, south wall, west corner
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: Top row: Dasharatha travels on a chariot to meet Janaka; Row 2: Sita is bathed and massaged with haldi (turmeric); The four princes listen to the words of the sages; Row 3: The princes are blessed by the court priests; Rows 4 and 5: The wedding procession.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 3, west wall, west corner
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: Top row: Dasharatha on a chariot drives to meet Janaka; Bottom row: Sita is bathed and massaged with haldi (turmeric); The four princes listen to the words of the sages.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 3, west wall, south corner
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: Top row: The princes are blessed by the court priests; Rows 2 and 3: The wedding procession.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 3, west wall, south corner
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: Top row: The wedding of Rama and Sita; Rows 2, 3, 4: The weddings of Rama’s brothers.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 3, west wall
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: Top row: The wedding of Rama and Sita. Bottom row; The wedding of Lakshmana (?) and Urmila (?)
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 3, west wall
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: Top row: The wedding of Lakshmana (?) and Urmila (?); Row 2: The wedding of Bharata (?) and Mandavi (?); Row 3: The wedding of Shatrughna (?) and Shrutakirti (?)
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 3, west wall
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: Ramapattabhisheka (Rama’s coronation), on the left Muthu Vijaya Raghunatha Setupati and his infant son.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 3, west wall
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: A marriage scene.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 3, arch
Date: First half of the 18th century
Description: Tumburu and Narada watch Krishna and Rukmini (?) watering a tree, while two attendants fetch water from a pond.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Ramanathapuram
Positioning: Room 3, arches
Date: 18th century
Description: Top row (from left): On the banks of the river Sarayu, Rishyashringa (Kalaikottu munivar) performs the putrakameshti yajna (ritual to ensure the birth of a son). Agni emerges from the fire carrying the vessel containing the payasa on his head. Bottom row (from right): The god entrusts the vessel to Rishyashringa, who then passes it on to Vasishtha, who, in turn, gives it to Dasharatha.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; central pavilion, ceiling, east side
Date: 18th century
Description: Top row (from left): The messenger informs Dasharatha of the of the birth of his sons. The king, after performing the necessary rituals, bathing and shaving, meets his sons. Bottom row (from right): He then distributes food to the Brahmins; Vasishtha performs the namakarana (naming ceremony).
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Kallalagar Temple complex;Alagar Koyil
Positioning: Vasanta mandapa; central pavilion, ceiling, south side
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