CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Subject: Interior, shrine, painting on ceiling, rosettes

Subject: Interior painting on ceiling

Subject: Mahinder Singh died in 1876 at the age of twenty-three. Rajendra Singh then succeeded to the gaddi as a four year old and died in 1900. Note how the artist has utilized many of the conventions of Indian painting such as two-dimensional depiction of the ground. Although miniature paintings usually showed heads in profile, this is a full-face portrait. [Overpainted Photograph of Maharaja Mahinder Singh or his Son Rajendra Singh]

Subject: Srikovil, northeast wall, painting of Visnu and Venugopala

Subject: Main hall, left: Mahayana painting on old pillars

Subject: Western Gopuram, Painting to left of entrance door: Hunting Scene

Subject: Interior painting on ceiling

Subject: Main hall, Yaksha shrine, left rear, painting in Yaksha shrine

Subject: Central left portion, Atisa: Attendants and figures in yab-yum poses; This painting is identified as Padmasambhava on UM web site. Atisa (982-1054) was an Indian Buddhist reformer whose teachings formed the basis of the Tibetan Bka'-gdams-pa ("Those Bound by Command") sect of Buddhism, founded by his disciple 'Brom-ston.He traveled to Tibet in 1038 or 1042 and established monasteries there. He died at Nyethang monastery.

Subject: Entrance gateway, faade, level 1, soffit detail, center decorated with eight petelled flower and floral painting

Subject: Shrine, back wall: Painting on wall to right of enshrined Buddha

Subject: Painted Coconut with scenes from Krishna Leela. This coconut shell has scenes from Krishna Leela painted on it. Krishna is playing the flute and is surrounded by gopis. Coconut is a common fruit in Odisha, its endospermic shell is hard and durable. These are used in crafts by intricate whittling of the shell and then painting designs on them. This object has been procured by State Institute for Development of Arts & Crafts (SIDAC) Show House.

Subject: Porch, rear wall, left end, painting of Buddha with attendants

Subject: Mandapa ceiling: Ramayana scenes; Painting in situ

Subject: View of north projecting subshrine: Parvati; Painting in situ

Subject: Mandapa ceiling: Shiva as Tripurantaka; Painting in situ

Subject: Shrine, interior, painting on ceiling, rosettes

Subject: Interior view of main hall, painting on ceiling, walls and remains on illars

Subject: Interior painting on ceiling

Subject: Interior painting on ceiling

Subject: Left sanctuary, altar, painting on wall

Subject: Interior, shrine, painting on ceiling, rosettes

Subject: Porch, right of entrance door, painting on the wall and ceiling

Subject: Painting used by a wandering bard (chitrakathi) at public performances. This is a folk painting, meant to be held up during public performances. The crude forcefulness in execution is typified by the use of betal nut juice spat at the painting to simulate blood. These paintings have generally been attributed to a place in Maharashtra called Paithan, which was then part of Hyderabad state. [Babhruvahana Shoots the Ardha Candrakrti Vana to Vrsaketu]