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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Project / Collection Documentation of endangered temple art of Tamil Nadu Subject Epic poetry

1. EAP896/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/1
Title:
Painted walls of the Bodinayakkanur Zamin Palace
Scope & Content:
The walls of the Bodinayakkanur Zamin palace has the painted murals. The two rooms at the basement level are drawn with Ramayana mural paintings.The paintings are in extinct condition and peeling off due to changing weather conditions. Bodi Nayakanur is the small town located in the foot hills o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
166 TIFF images

2. EAP896/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/1/1
Title:
The Ramayana Paintings in the West Hall, West Wall, top row
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
12 TIFF images

3. EAP896/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/2
Title:
Kurichi Kalyana Kothanadaramar temple
Scope & Content:
The Kurichi Kalyana Kothanadaramar temple's Ardhamandapa ceilings are drawn with the 18th century murals. Artists belonging to the Maratha period painted them using herbal dyes depicting the scenes from Ramayana and other sacred epics. This temple is very unique. The 'Ramayana' story is narrated...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
108 TIFF images

4. EAP896/2/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/2/9
Title:
The Ardha Mandapa (Northern section)
Scope & Content:
The Ardha Mandapa has three divisions of ceilings. The North ceiling is portrayed mostly the fight with Ravana and killing of Ravana.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
11 TIFF images

5. EAP896/2/9/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/2/9/11
Title:
Rama's final arrow against Ravana and Ramayana come to an end. Rama chopped off the ten heads of the treacherous demon king Ravana and destroyed him.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 TIFF image

6. 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

7. EAP896/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/3/2
Title:
Siva temple Mandapa Ceiling
Scope & Content:
The paintings that decorate the Kailasanathar Mandapa consist of three Parts. The central portion registers portrait images. The other two left and right panels show various temples of Tamil Region. The images are; mostly schemaatic images of the temples located in different parts of Tamil Nadu a...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil and Telugu
Date Range:
1500-1699
Extent:
42 TIFF images

8. EAP896/3/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/3/2/7
Title:
Alagar Kovil (Alagar Uralpatti) _'Solaimalai Alaghari Swami' _Visnu as Alakar in the middle and His two consorts Kalyana Sundaravalli and Andal, an image of Yoga Narasimha, an imae mmce- Karuppaswmay- the guardian deity_the background is the Solaimalai with the epiction of the peak as bull's head with a natural spring 'Nupuru Ganga'.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil and Telugu
Date Range:
1500-1699
Extent:
1 TIFF image

9. 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

10. 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