CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

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: Interior painting on ceiling

Subject: Shrine, painting remains of right attendant

Subject: Shrine, interior, painting on ceiling, rosettes

Subject: Nave, left wall, painting of nativity

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

Subject: Shrine, interior, painting on ceiling, rosettes

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

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

Subject: Rangamandapa, ceiling: Maids attend Parvati; Painting in situ

Subject: Jagyan Narayana. Pattachitra is a traditional, cloth-based scroll painting. In this pattachitra painting, Lord Jagannatha is present in the center of the painting , with younger sister Subhadra on his lap and elder brother Balabhadra on top. This object has been procured by Utkalika, Odisha State Co-operative Handicraft Corporation Ltd.

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

Subject: Entrance gateway, faade, level 1, soffit detail, decorated with stucco work and floral painting

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: Mandapa ceiling: Ramayana scenes; Painting in situ

Subject: Right row, pillars NOs R12, 13 & 14, painting of standing Buddhas, 99-1 BCE (Sculpture: 462-480 CE)

Subject: Interior, shrine, painting on ceiling, rosettes

Subject: Interior painting on ceiling

Subject: Center portion, Lady painting a picture of her beloved; A lonely lady separated from her beloved paints a picture of her lover; Dhanasri Ragini

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: Srikovil, northeast wall, painting of Visnu and Venugopala

Subject: Shrine, interior, painting on ceiling, rosettes

Subject: Interior painting on ceiling

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