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: 16th century
Description: Top row (right): Royal weddings; (left) King Janaka seated on a throne; Bottom row (from left): Kaikeyi lying on her bed in the ‘sulking room’; Rama and Lakshmana take leave of Dasharatha and Kaikeyi.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Chennakeshava Temple;Somapalem
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling
Description: Four royal weddings in Mithila.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Chennakeshava Temple;Somapalem
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling
Date: 16th century
Description: Bottom row: left: Insignia bearers and musicians; right: The newly weds on a chariot on their way back to Ayodhya.
Location: Andhra Pradesh Temple;Chennakeshava Temple;Somapalem
Positioning: Open mandapa, ceiling
Date: 17th century
Description: General view of the ceiling of the Ranga Vilasa mandapa.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Sr Ranganatha Temple complex;Srirangam
Positioning: Ceiling of the Ranga Vilasa mandapa
Date: 17th century
Description: On the left: The wedding of Rama and Sita. On the right: Rishyashringa meets the courtesans in the forest.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Sri Ranganatha Tem ple complex;Srirangam
Positioning: Ceiling of the Ranga Vilasa mandapa, south side and south east corner
Date: Paintings, 18th century
Description: Top row, from left: Brahma, accompanied by the dikpalas and various deities, prostrates before Vishnu; King Romapada consults the ascetics; Central row, from right: Romapada sends the courtesans to seduce Rishyashringa; They meet him in the forest; Bottom row, from left: They carry him to Anga; the king welcomes him (disappeared) and both ride in state towards the town; The wedding of Rishyashringa and Shanta.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Tirugokarneshvara Brihadambal Temple;Pudukottai
Positioning: Entrance mandapa, central bay
Date: Paintings, 18th century
Description: From top to bottom 1) From left: Dasharatha and his entourage proceed towards Janaka’s palace. 2) From right: The four royal weddings. In the foreground priests and ascetics perform various rituals.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Tirugokarneshvara Brihadambal Temple;Pudukottai
Positioning: Entrance mandapa, ceiling, central bay
Date: mid-17th century
Description: Top row: The wedding of Minakshi and Sundarar; Second row (left): The shrine of Sundarar at Madurai; Sundarar dances in the Silver Hall for the benefit of Patanjali; (right) Nandikeshvara and a gana? playing the drum; Third row Gundodara is fed; Fourth row (left): Gundodara’s thirst is quenched; (right): Flowers. (TP 5-8)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, third tier, south wall
Date: mid-17th century
Description: The wedding of Valli and Murugan. (KP VI.24)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Narumpunatha Temple;Tiruppudaimarudur
Positioning: Gopura, fourth tier, north chamber, east wall
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