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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1/7/16
Title:: Correspondence between Tashi Namgyal (Chogyal r.1914-1963) and the Political Officers
Scope & Content:: Collection of various correspondence between Tashi Namgyal (Chogyal r.1914-1963), Charles Bell (PO Sikkim), J.L.R. Weir (PO Sikkim) and Frederick Bailey (PO Sikkim). Original file reference: SPA/CO/OF/016. Extent of original material: 351 pages. This file contains the following 210 items: EAP8...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1914-1939
Extent:: 351 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1/7/42
Title:: Correspondence between Tashi Namgyal (Chogyal r.1914-1963) and Political Officers
Scope & Content:: Collection of correspondence between Tashi Namgyal (Chogyal r.1914-1963), Charles Bell (PO Sikkim) and Frederick Bailey (PO Sikkim). Original file reference: SPA/CO/PS/011. Extent of original material: 215 pages. This file contains the following 102 items: EAP880/1/7/42/1: Statement regarding ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English, Nepali, and Tibetan
Date Range:: 26 Dec 1919-2 Nov 1941
Extent:: 215 TIFF images

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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP896/1/7/2
Title:: Vasishta Rishi teaching Sword fighting (Verma Silambam) to Rama-Lakshmana-Bharatha and Satrukana
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 TIFF image

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):: EAP896/3/2
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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP896/3/2/11
Title:: Palani (Palani Malai - Muruga) Arumuga with His consort, Palani Andi with a stick, Idumban, Subrahmanya with His 'Vel' the 'Divine Javelin'-a spear, Linga, a Demon carrying a 'Kavadi' on his shoulders (Idumban, the first Kavadi bearer; an Asura @ Demon or Demigod is a disciple of Lord Subrahmanya carry the hills Sivagiri and Sakthigiri across his shoulders, one on either side
Scope & Content:: Palani (Palani Malai - Muruga) Arumuga with His consort, Palani Andi with a stick, Idumban, Subrahmanya with His 'Vel' the 'Divine Javelin'-a spear, Linga, a Demon carrying a 'Kavadi' on his shoulders (Idumban, the first Kavadi bearer; an Asura @ Demon or Demigod is a disciple of Lord Subrahmanya...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil and Telugu
Date Range:: 1500-1699
Extent:: 1 TIFF image

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):: EAP896/4
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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