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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Subject Folklore Material Type Prints, Drawings and Paintings

1. EAP896/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/3
Title:
Natham-Kovilpatti Siva Kailasanatha temple
Scope & Content:
The Siva as well as the Goddess temple ceilings has the painted murals. The paintings are in extinct condition and peeling off due to changing weather conditions. The murals show the set of scenes from the epic ‘Kumarasambhava’. On the inner ceilings there are some portrait paintings of men and...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil and Telugu
Date Range:
1500-1699
Extent:
102 TIFF images

2. EAP896/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/3/3
Title:
Amman temple ceiling
Scope & Content:
The events bin about the marriage of Lord Siva to Uma and the birth of Skanda. Kumarasambhava basically talks about the birth of Kumara (Kartikeya), the son of Siva and Parvati. Kumarasambhava literally means "Birth of Kumara". This epic of seventeen cantos entails 'Sringara Rasa', the rasa of l...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil and Telugu
Date Range:
1500-1699
Extent:
45 TIFF images

3. EAP896/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/4
Title:
Pattisvaram Siva Dhenupurisvara and Amman Gnanabigai temple
Scope & Content:
It is an unique and move away from the legendary story according to which Lord Muruga was born out of a flame from Lord Siva’s third eye and it’s unique and not seen in any other art work in Tamil Nadu. The figures shown are tall and very big in size.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1500-1700
Extent:
223 TIFF images

4. EAP896/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/5
Title:
Panchanadisvara Temple, Tiruvaiyaru
Scope & Content:
Tiruvaiyaru Panchanadisvara also called as Iyarisvara, a Siva temple located 12 kms from the north of Tanjavur. Tiruvaiyaru in Tamil means the 'Holy Land of Five Rivers'. The temple in its current form and structure dates back to the Pallava period with further improvements and renovation during...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1600-1699
Extent:
113 TIFF images

5. EAP896/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/6
Title:
Tiruvannamalai Siva Arunachaleswara temple
Scope & Content:
The Kalyana Mandapa (Marriage Hall) of Siva temples' ceilings and walls have the painted murals. The paintings are in extinct condition and peeling off due to changing weather conditions. It is unfortunate a considerable portion of the Frescos had been already removed bacause of sand blasting. Th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1500-1699
Extent:
395 TIFF images

6. EAP896/6/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/6/9
Title:
Tiruvannamalai Arunachalesvara-Kalyana Mandapa-Hall one-North Wall
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1500-1699
Extent:
30 TIFF images

7. EAP896/6/9/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/6/9/13
Title:
Ashta Vasukkal worshipping the Annamalai Hill (The Vasus are attendant deities of Indra and later Vishnu
Scope & Content:
Ashta Vasukkal worshipping the Annamalai Hill (The Vasus are attendant deities of Indra and later Vishnu. The Ashta Vasus are described in the Ramayana as the children of Kasyapa and Aditi and in the Mahabharata as the sons of Manu or Brahma Prajapati. They are eight elemental Gods (called "Aṣṭa-...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1500-1699
Extent:
1 TIFF image

8. EAP1017/1/95

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1017/1/95
Title:
Подборка рисунков и прорисей
Scope & Content:
The set includes 4 pictures and 11 proresies (patterns of the images for copying) made by a 14 years old Prohor Vasiliev Grinev, who was an old believer - strannik. The boy was later killed during the II world war. The pictures represent Gospel's and patristic images and topics; the patterns - p...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Church Slavic
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 20th century
Extent:
33 TIFF images

9. EAP1247/2/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1247/2/9
Title:
A sketch of Uttam Das Baul
Scope & Content:
A sketch of Uttam Das Baul on a page torn from a spiral pad. Scribbles at the back of the page. Extent: 1 Sketch. Size and dimensions of original material: 17.7 x 13.3 x 0.01. Condition of original material: Fair Condition. Arrangement: Found inside a notebook [EAP_1247_DDB_MS_0001]. Author...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and English
Date Range:
2020
Extent:
2 TIFF images