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Project / Collection Documentation of endangered temple art of Tamil Nadu Subject Children

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. EAP896/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/1/5
Title:
West Hall, West Wall, second row
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

3. EAP896/1/5/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/1/5/3
Title:
The first movements of the children and the mothers try to catch them
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 TIFF image

4. EAP896/1/5/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/1/5/4
Title:
Vasishta Rishi teach the children
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 TIFF image

5. 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

6. 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

7. EAP896/3/3/25

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/3/3/25
Title:
Siva - Parvati with Infant Arumukha.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil and Telugu
Date Range:
1500-1699
Extent:
1 TIFF image

8. 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

9. EAP896/4/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/4/4
Title:
Amman Temple Ceiling Middle
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1500-1769
Extent:
41 TIFF images

10. EAP896/4/4/30

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/4/4/30
Title:
Girls perform Sivapuja beneath flowering tree near the tank bund
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1500-1799
Extent:
1 TIFF image