The Ramayana panels are found on the ceilings of the central mandapa in addition to east, south, west and north walls and the ceiling of north east corner.
There are paintings of the Nayak period (17th century) on the ceiling of the Unjal Mandapa located to the west of the Golden Lily tank in the Meenakshi Sundaresvara temple. The Mandapa was built by Chettiyappa Nayak during 1563 and the paintings were drawn during the period of Rani Mangammal evi...
The Ramayana panels are found on the west and northern inner wall facing east and the northern wall facing south of the small mandapa called Chitra Chavadi which is in a very dilapidated condition.
The paintings are found on the ceilings and ceiling side walls of five of the the mandapa galleries that are documented from south to north. The first or the south extreme gallery is fully eroded. The second gallery has the images of Puranic sceneries. The middle gallery is depicted with the 'Vis...