01,
October, 2015.
During
Ponniyin Selvan's meeting at Thanjavur Periya Kovil, Mr. Kudavayil
Balasubramanian explained to us the details of the painting in the Santharam area.
The paintings are 14 feet high and 10 feet wide. The Nayaks painted new
paintings over the Chozha period paintings. The Nayak period paintings were
removed as a slab and kept at the interpretation center for display by the Archeological Survey of India. After removing the Nayak paintings were documented by Thanjavur Tamil University. The persons
responsible are N Thiyagarajan, Chandru, and S Rajavelu of Thanjavur Tamil
University. ASI played a main role in removing the Nayak period paintings.
The original Chozha Period paintings were found first by S K
Govindsamy Pillai of Annamalai University in the year 1930.
The
method adopted for painting on the wall is as follows. First, the
surface was cleaned and a thick coat of lime mortar with sand was
applied. A layer of lime alone was applied and made the surface smooth. The
drawings were planned in advance and paintings were done by many
artists before the surface became dry, ie the paintings are done when the
surface is in wet condition. Naturally available materials like stones, herbs, and leaves are used. The colors used are White, black, yellow, Green, Blue, and
saffron.
On
Monday on the way to Saraswathi Mahal, I had been to Tamil University.
Luckily I got a book that contains the Sri Vimanam santharam Chozha Period
drawings/ Paintings. So thought of sharing some of the details with the readers
of my blog.
THE
ORIGINAL NAYAKS PERIOD DRAWINGS REMOVED AS SLAB
THE STORY OF SUNDARAR
The
following paintings are the original Chozha period paintings. The first one is
Sundara's story where Shiva stopped the marriage in which the details of the preparation of food for the marriage, Thiruvennainallur court scene, Sundarar, and Cheraman going to Kailash and Shiva and Parvati at Kailash were painted nicely. Sekkizhar who had seen this painting or
not for writing the Periya Purana. But there is no difference between the story
and the painting.
Sundarar is on the way to Kailash and Cheraman Peruman goes
front after he chanted the ‘om Namasivaya’ Mantra in the horse’s ears.
Birds,
monkeys, snakes, owls, Peacock, and Pokkanam( Thiruneetru pai)
Mr. Kudavayil Balasubramanian showed us the anger in his eyes and the laughter/smile in his mouth by closing above the nose and below the nose.
SRI RAJARAJAN
WORSHIPING LORD SHIVA AT CHIDAMBARAM
Mr Kudavayil Balasubramanian commented by showing the dress of the Queens
– looks like leggings used by the present youngsters.
OTHER PAINTINGS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE ABOVE PAINTINGS
SHIVA
AND PARVATHY
BHAIRAVAR
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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