The above touching story is found sculpted from the south western corner of the mantapa with a few variations.
Public have remembered the stories of 63 Saiva Saints either by enacting their life on the stages or by singing the songs while they play kummi and Ammanai. In this respect, the life of Kannappar and Ciruttondar are the best examples.
In addition to this, the royal personages appear to have sculpted the stories of Saiva saints on
The beginnings of modern art in India coincided with the freedom movement and, more importantly, the various social movements. From being a colonial import, the idea of modernity was accommodated within the agenda of Indian nationalism. It was the beginning of the movement to improve the status of Indian women, to liberate them from social evils like widowhood and s
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Comments Off on THE IMAGE OF THE INDIAN WOMAN IN THE PAINTINGS OF RAVI VARMAIn 1774, by the terms of Pitt’s India Act, Madras was made subordinate to Calcutta. The growing importance of the latter meant the growth of Madras slowed down. In the 19th century, Mark Twain visited Madras and said:
Clive kissed me on the mouth and eyes and brow, Wonderful kisses, so that I became Crown
August, the foundation month of Madras, is a time for reminiscing about the beauty that can no longer be found in Chennai.
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The month of Aadi is auspicious for Tamil Goddesses. Aadi perukku is a festival to mark the extra flow in river Cauvery after a dry summer season. It is a celebration of thanking and welcoming Mother Cauvery to the home. Aadi perukku falls on the 18th day of the month of Aadi. People living on the banks of the river Cauve
Rock art is an excellent example of pre-historic and historic man's creative thinking. It is a book of valuable historic events in the form of pictures. It has little resemblance with the present tribal art styles. Research in this area is essential for archaeological and ethnological studies. It gives us an idea about the social life of the people who drew these
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The Tamilnadu State Department of Archaeology has located a few remarkable votive terracotta plaques datable to nearly 2000 years back, bearing the engravings in an archaic Tamil and Ashokan Brahmi characters, in the possession of a Vidwan I. Ramaswamy of Poluvampatti in Coimbatore distr
Posted in Cultural Heritage Comments Off on JAIN VESTIGES RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN TAMILNADU – PART IIIOther Jain Sculpture
A stone image is known as Abhinandana, the fourth Tirthankara, has been located at Kurumpundi in Kandarva Kottai Taluk of Pudukkottai District5. He is seated in Ardhapariyanka asana. The Mukkudai (triple umbrella) and the Priyala tree are seen above the head. On either sid
Posted in Cultural Heritage Comments Off on JAIN VESTIGES RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN TAMILNADU – PART IITamilnadu is one of the high yielding states of antiquities such as sculptures, bronzes, copper plates, coins etc. Recently, a few Jain images have been discovered from different parts of Tamilnadu dating from 3rd – 4th centuries A.D. to 13th century A.D.
As far as Tamilnadu is concerned, the sp