The Murals of Tiruvarur Temple

[cienu]

This is further to the concert review of Smt Smt Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam on 4th Sep 2011 at Kalakshetra Foundation.
Since the Tiruvarur Temple Murals discussion could cause a digression from the concert review, I decided to open a new thread in the lounge.

The links below give a fascinating insight as to how the murals have been saved for posterity.
http://www.timescrest.com/culture/the-m ... varur-4670
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-an ... 321713.ece
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp ... 419381.ece
http://www.sunday-guardian.com/artbeat/ ... -tiruvarur

[smala]

there is something in Tamil written below the second picture that might possibly tell us about the story.

[rshankar]

They are so beautiful...thanks Cienu...when I read Rajani's description of Sri Rajaram's efforts at photographing these murals, it reminded me of the paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel. And with the restoration, I hope they'll follow the same pattern and leave a small area unrestored for a 'compare and contrast'!

[cienu]

They are so beautiful...thanks Cienu...when I read Rajani's description of Sri Rajaram's efforts at photographing these murals, .....

Most welcome , Ravi
The name of the photographer is Sri Rajamani (V.K.Rajamani).

[mahavishnu]

Cienu, thanks for the wonderful links.
This is a fascinating topic. Perhaps this could be moved to General Discussions for higher visibility?