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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP896/3 Subject Plants Digitised Content Platform Endangered Archives Programme

1. 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

2. 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

3. EAP896/3/3/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP896/3/3/13
Title:
Manmata also known as Kamadeva (Kama -Cupid, the God of Love and Sexuality aiming to hit Siva with his sugarcane bow, string of honebees and arrow decorated with five kinds of fragrant flowers such as Aravinda(White Lotus), Ashoka, Cuta (Mango Flower), Navamalika (Jasmine) and Nilotpala(Blue Lotus).
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil and Telugu
Date Range:
1500-1699
Extent:
1 TIFF image