PAINTINGS
Murals on temple walls and ceilings
Panchanadeeswarar temple - Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu
Photos: Lalitha Venkat
September 2007
Murals on temple walls and ceilings
Panchanadeeswarar temple - Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu
Photo: Lalitha Venkat
Murals on temple walls and ceilings
Panchanadeeswarar temple - Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu
Photo: Lalitha Venkat
Murals on temple walls and ceilings
Panchanadeeswarar temple - Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu
Photo: Lalitha Venkat
Murals on temple walls and ceilings
Panchanadeeswarar temple - Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu
Photo: Lalitha Venkat
Murals on temple walls and ceilings
Panchanadeeswarar temple - Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu
Photo: Lalitha Venkat
Murals on temple walls and ceilings
Panchanadeeswarar temple - Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu
Photo: Lalitha Venkat
Murals on temple walls and ceilings
Panchanadeeswarar temple - Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu
Photo: Lalitha Venkat
Murals on temple walls and ceilings
Panchanadeeswarar temple - Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu
Photo: Lalitha Venkat
Murals on temple walls and ceilings
Panchanadeeswarar temple - Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu
Photo: Lalitha Venkat
Murals on temple walls and ceilings
Panchanadeeswarar temple - Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu
Photo: Lalitha Venkat
One of the best displays of murals is the
Chitrasabha or the hall of pictures. As the name Chitrasabha suggests,
the very structure is a house of paintings. The Chitrasabha is a stand
alone structure, that is located a few blocks away from the
Kutralanathar temple at Kutralam in southern Tamilnadu. It is a
wooden structure , every inch of whose walls are lined with murals
depicting scenes from the epics. From the outside, the Chitrasabha
resembles mandapams seen in Keralite temples. The Chitrasabha or the
hall of pictures is used for worship only during Margazhi Tiruvadirai
where an image of Nataraja is brought into the sabha. Chitrasabha is
considered to be one of the 5 sabhas, or the Cosmic Dance Halls of Shiva Nataraja in the southern state of Tamilnadu.
- Temple Murals, templenet.com
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