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Project / Collection Documentation of endangered temple art of Tamil Nadu Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP896/3 Subject Conflicts

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):: EAP896/3/3/19
Title:: Sages (Rishis) bless Arumugha while leaving to the battle with Tarakasura.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil and Telugu
Date Range:: 1500-1699
Extent:: 1 TIFF image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP896/3/3/32
Title:: Indra follows Subrahmanya to the battle field on his white elephant.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil and Telugu
Date Range:: 1500-1699
Extent:: 1 TIFF image

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