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WD1063(21)
- Record Id:
- 041-003881941
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003288785
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121652182.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162036258.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD1063(21)
- Title:
- [Dancing Kali. Carved into a temple column at Madurai]
- Scope & Content:
- Pen and ink drawing of dancing Kali from the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai, from an 'Album of 51 drawings (57 folios) of buildings, sculpture and paintings in the temple and choultry of Tirumala Nayyak at Madura. c.1801-05', by an anonymous artist working in the South India/Madurai style, c. 1801-1805. Each picture is inscribed with a title and a number in ink.The Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple complex contains two main shrines; one dedicated to Shiva and one to his consort Minakshi, an ancient local divinity. Each shrine is set within its own walled complex containing several subsidiary shrines, mandapams (assembly halls) and artificial pools. The construction of this temple-town was made possible by the wealth and power of Tirumala Nayak (1623-1659). He was the most prolific builder of a long line of Nayaka kings, a dynasty who ruled a large portion of Tamil country in the 16th and 17th centuries. This drawing is a detail from one of the mandapams with columns that are elaborately carved with figures of Shiva in his various manifestations, yalis (fantastic lion-like beasts), other Hindu deities, as well as foliate decoration. Kali, 'the black one', is the fierce consort of Shiva. She represents the most wrathful form of the Goddess and the destructive aspect of mother nature who perpetually transforms life into a dance of death.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- MacKenzie Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003288785
040-003881920
041-003881941 - Is part of:
- MacKenzie Collection : MacKenzie CollectionMACKENZIE, COLIN (1754-1821) Madras Engineers 1782-1821; Surveyor-General of India 1817-21.
WD1063 : Album 51 drawings of buildings, sculpture and paintings in the temple and choultry of Tirumala Nayyak at Madura. c. 1801-05
WD1063(21) : [Dancing Kali. Carved into a temple column at Madurai] - Hierarchy:
- 032-003288785[0395]/040-003881920[0021]/041-003881941
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MacKenzie Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100162036258.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Styles:
- South India/Madurai style
South Indian style - Start Date:
- 1801
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- c 1801-1805
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Pen and ink on paper; 37.1 x 24.8 cm
- Finding Aids:
- Book 11' in Library's handlist, Mss Eur D562/3. Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 531-532
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)