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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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP896/2/4
Title:: Mural paintings of Ardhamanada ceilings (Western section)
Scope & Content:: The Western portion of the middle West ceiling portray the Coronation Scene of Rama-celebrating people-Rishis-Musicans-Dancers and the procession of animals.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP896/3/3/36
Title:: People thank Subrahmanaya and some are bating in the river afterhearing the slay of Tarakasura.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil and Telugu
Date Range:: 1500-1699
Extent:: 1 TIFF image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP896/3/3/37
Title:: Washer woman carrying clothes to the bating people on head load and a Brahmin priest.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil and Telugu
Date Range:: 1500-1699
Extent:: 1 TIFF image

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

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