Tanjavoor painting depicts scene of Raj Darbar of Lord Rama

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Tanjavoor painting depicts scene of Raj Darbar of Lord Rama

Sunday, 25 October 2020 | Staff Reporter | Bhopal

Under the Latest and popular online series of Indira Gandhi RashtriyaManav Sangrahalaya entitled 'Exhibit of the Week’ The Tanjavoor Kal Ovium (painting), collected from1998, The Nagarthar / Chettiyar Community of – Karikudi, Shivganga, Tamil Nadu Its Measurement —Height –  187 cm., Width – 130 cm .displayed in the audience as the Fifth Exhibit of the month of October.2020 through official website, Facebook, Instagram and twitter page of the IGRMS.

In this regard Praveen Kumar Mishra, Director, IGRMS said that Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (National Museum of Mankind), Initially this series will focus on the masterpieces from its collection which are considered as unique for their contribution to the cultural history of a particular ethnic group or area.

This Tanjavoor painting depicts the scene of Raj Darbar of Lord Rama. In this painting Lord Rama and Sita are shown sitting in a couch and Laxman with Bharat and Shatrughna holding chhatra and chouri respectively standing behind them. Hanuman is shown holding the foot of lord Rama. Courtiers, saints and other vanaras are also depicted in this painting. On the lower part of the painting ten incarnations of lord Vishnu is depicted in separate niches.

Regarding this object Sudeepa Roy said that The Tanjavoor painting consists generally of vivid red, deep greens, chalk white, turquoise blue and the lavish use of gold foil and inset glass beads. Sometimes precious stones are also used in the paintings. The Raju community of Tanjavoor and Tiruchi, known as Chitragara and the Naidu community of Madurai are the traditional  artists who skifully executed paintings in the Tanjaoor style.

The artists originally migrated from “Rayalseema” region of Andhra. Painting was made on different subjects which varied in quality depending upon the patron’s interest, urgency and most importantly influence and financial capacity.

However, the art was by and large a sacred task to be performed with a reasonable degree of ritual purity and humility by the master craftsmen. Generally, Tanjavoor painting was generally made on a canvas, pasted over a plank of wood (jackfruit or teak) with Arabic gum. In the past, artists used natural colours like vegetable and mineral dyes, whereas the present day artists use chemical paints.

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