Wedding
Historical background
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.
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: The Mithila welcoming party escorts the guests on their way to the capital; Second row: The weddings of Bharata and Mandavi and of Shatrughna and Shrutakirti; The grooms garland the brides seated on their father’s thigh; Rama garlands Sita; Lakshmana garlands Urmila; Third row: Lakshmana and Urmila are given a ceremonial bath; At the centre: Door to the darbar hall.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Janaka and his entourage meet Dasharatha’s party; Second row: Lakshmana garlands Urmila; Shartughna garlands Shrutakirti and Bharata garlands Mandavi, the brides are seated on their father’s thigh; Third row: Bharata and Mandavi, Shartughna and Shrutakirti are given a ceremonial bath.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Janaka and his entourage meet Dasharatha’s party; Second row: Lakshmana garlands Urmila; Shartughna garlands Shrutakirti and Bharata garlands Mandavi, the brides are seated on their fathers’ thigh; Third row: Bharata and Mandavi, Shartughna and Shrutakirti are given a ceremonial bath.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: At the gates of Mithila, Dasharatha embraces Janaka, Vasishtha embraces Janaka’s chaplain, Shatananda; The princes pay homage to Vasisthta. Once in town, the princes pay homage to Dasharatha while Vishvamitra looks on; Rama and Lakshmana pay homage to the three queens; Second row: As a part of the wedding ceremonial, the four couples look at the pole star; Third row: The couples in their apartments, the brides offer pan to their spouses; Fourth row: Janaka and Dasharatha accompanied by their entourage; The four Mithila princesses pay homage to Janaka and are given gifts.
In the arch above the door: Rama and his brothers pay homage to Dasharatha and the three queens.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: After having broken Shiva’s bow, Rama and Lakshmana stand before Janaka and his courtiers; Sita gives some ornaments to two companions; Janaka and his entourage send an invitation to Dasharatha to attend the wedding; The messenger on his way to Ayodhya; Second row: The sages, and the ministers travel in palanquins, the princes in a wagon, Dasharatha in a chariot heads the procession along with the insignia bearers; Third row: Shrutakirti and Mandavi in a palanquin, surrounded by their attendants and standard bearers.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Janaka and his entourage send an invitation to Dasharatha to attend the wedding; Janaka’s messenger travels from Mithila to Ayodhya and gives the invitation letter to Dasharatha; Second row: Dasharatha in a chariot heads his party on the way to Mithila; The two parties meet, Vasishtha,Vishvamitra and Shatananda discuss the wedding arrangements; Third row: Urmila in her palanquin accompanied by insignia bearers.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: The messenger from Mithila hands the invitation letter to Dasharatha; The king discusses the matter with Bharatha, Shatrughna, Vasishtha, Sumantra and the queens; The messenger is dismissed after being rewarded; Second row: The two parties discuss marriage arrangements; A band marks the beginning of the celebrations; Third row: Mandavi and Sita in their palanquins, and insignia bearers.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: The Ayodhya party on the way to Mithila; Second row: Preparations for the wedding ceremony; Attendants massage the princes’ and the princesses’ arms with haldi (turmeric); Third row: The princes Rama, Lakshmana; Bharata and Shatrughna on their elephants are accompanied to the marriage venue, with fireworks and crackers. Above the door: The three sages Vasishtha, Shatananda and Vishvamitra in their chariots.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: The Ayodhya party on the way to Mithila; Second row: Preparations for the wedding ceremony; Attendants massage the princes’ and the princesses’ arms with haldi (turmeric); Third row: The princes Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna on their elephants are accompanied to the marriage venue, with fireworks and crackers; In the arch above the door: The three sages, Vasishtha, Shatananda and Vishvamitra in their chariots.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: At the gates of Mithila, Dasharatha embraces Janaka, Vasishtha embraces Janaka’s chaplain, Shatananda; The princes pay homage to Vasisthta. Once in town, the princes pay homage to Dasharatha while Vishvamitra looks on; Rama and Lakshmana pay homage to the three queens; Second row: As a part of the wedding ceremonial, the four couples look at the pole star; Third row: The couples in their apartments: the brides offer pan to their spouses; Fourth row: Janaka and Dasharatha accompanied by their entourage; The four Mithila princesses pay homage to Janaka and are given gifts. In the arch above the door: Rama and his brothers pay homage to Dasharatha and the three queens.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: The story of Rishyashringa (Kalaikottu munivar) seduced by the courtesans and taken to the Anga country where his arrival brings the rain and where he weds Shanta; Second row: Vasishtha teaches horse and elephant riding to Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna; Third row: Vishvamitra, Rama and Lakshmana cross the river and enter the forest; Rama kills the rakshasi Tataka.
Location: Tamil Nadu;Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Top row: Vasishtha trains the princes in swordsmanship and archery; Second row: Indra and other gods, the gandharvas and Vishvamitra praise Rama for killing Tataka; Vishvamitra bestows the magical weapons upon Rama and teaches him how to use them; In the background, behind the lobed arch, the door to the darbar hall and murals depicting the wedding of the four princes.
Location: Tamil Nadu Palace;Bodinayakkanur
Positioning: Lakshmi Vilasam
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