RR
29th September 2008, 09:27 AM
Murals on Kumarasambhavam
- Padmanabha
“Incredible! You can call it God’s grace or a mere intuition. Believe it or not it happened,” said Saju Thiruthil renowned mural artist. He was commissioned to adorn the 110 ft white wall at the Perunna Subramaniaswami Temple with murals. He took one month to make paper sketches to get them approved by the temple authorities.
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A surprise awaited him when he reached the temple with sketches. An elderly man reminisced that he had seen a few pictures in this temple during his childhood days. The team tried to trace the earlier ones on the white washed wall. To their surprise, they saw a few sketches, which resembled the ones made by Saju. “I couldn’t believe and how can one explain this,” he wondered with awe.
Saju started the work in the latter half of 2006 and it took more than a year to complete it. The theme is based on Kumarasambhavam. “No Kerala temples possess Kumarasambhavam as murals. Normally mural artists execute the work based on Dhyanaslokam. Here the entire Kumarasambhavam is depicted in 21 panels, without any break in between. The works are three feet wide and 110 feet long, ” said Saju.
The main deity at this temple is Lord Subramania in the standing posture with his weapon trident (vel) upside down. The last panel resembles the idol. The sequence begins with Brahma trying to arouse the emotion of “Kama” in Lord Siva. He requests Kamadevan in a chariot drawn by parrots, to aim Kaamabanam at Siva. The Love God armed with divinely sweet flowers, darts them to conquer the three-eyed Siva’s heart and Uma became his destined bride.
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Each panel has two events. Lord Siva tests Parvathi. He asks how the tender jeweled hands of Uma can clasp the one of Siva with twined serpents. These sort of tainting Her beloved, annoys Parvathi. This panel just beholds the viewers. Brahma wanted to create Lord Subramaniam as the child of Siva and Parvathi, the objective of which is “Surasamharam.” The portrayal of the birth of six children in “Saravana Poika,” each child on the lotus with 108 petals, is highly delicate. Parvathi perceive all of them as her children and embraces them together. The six children become one with six heads (Shanmugha). The panels of Siva learning the meaning of Omkaram from Shanmughan as an obedient pupil and in turn Siva presenting him the trident are catchy ones. Elaborate “Girija Kalyanam” is awesome.
All together, there are 150 characters. Saju has incorporated white flowers and lemon- the main offering to this temple in the works as well. Also for a change, the features of the crowd of men in certain panels resemble the local populace!
Saju is the Head of the Department of Murals in the Sree Sankara University Kalady. He narrated how he overcomes unseen obstacles during the work.
‘However, I could complete the task satisfactorily,” he said. Saju has executed restoration works at many temples including Sree Padmanabhaswami temple (with Mammiyoor the legendary mural artist), Sreevalliputhur and at Baroda. He is the recipient of National and State Awards.
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- Padmanabha
“Incredible! You can call it God’s grace or a mere intuition. Believe it or not it happened,” said Saju Thiruthil renowned mural artist. He was commissioned to adorn the 110 ft white wall at the Perunna Subramaniaswami Temple with murals. He took one month to make paper sketches to get them approved by the temple authorities.
[html:12628a49fb]http://mayyam.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=163&g2_serialNumber=2[/html:12628a49fb]
A surprise awaited him when he reached the temple with sketches. An elderly man reminisced that he had seen a few pictures in this temple during his childhood days. The team tried to trace the earlier ones on the white washed wall. To their surprise, they saw a few sketches, which resembled the ones made by Saju. “I couldn’t believe and how can one explain this,” he wondered with awe.
Saju started the work in the latter half of 2006 and it took more than a year to complete it. The theme is based on Kumarasambhavam. “No Kerala temples possess Kumarasambhavam as murals. Normally mural artists execute the work based on Dhyanaslokam. Here the entire Kumarasambhavam is depicted in 21 panels, without any break in between. The works are three feet wide and 110 feet long, ” said Saju.
The main deity at this temple is Lord Subramania in the standing posture with his weapon trident (vel) upside down. The last panel resembles the idol. The sequence begins with Brahma trying to arouse the emotion of “Kama” in Lord Siva. He requests Kamadevan in a chariot drawn by parrots, to aim Kaamabanam at Siva. The Love God armed with divinely sweet flowers, darts them to conquer the three-eyed Siva’s heart and Uma became his destined bride.
[html:12628a49fb]http://mayyam.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=167&g2_serialNumber=2[/html:12628a49fb]
Each panel has two events. Lord Siva tests Parvathi. He asks how the tender jeweled hands of Uma can clasp the one of Siva with twined serpents. These sort of tainting Her beloved, annoys Parvathi. This panel just beholds the viewers. Brahma wanted to create Lord Subramaniam as the child of Siva and Parvathi, the objective of which is “Surasamharam.” The portrayal of the birth of six children in “Saravana Poika,” each child on the lotus with 108 petals, is highly delicate. Parvathi perceive all of them as her children and embraces them together. The six children become one with six heads (Shanmugha). The panels of Siva learning the meaning of Omkaram from Shanmughan as an obedient pupil and in turn Siva presenting him the trident are catchy ones. Elaborate “Girija Kalyanam” is awesome.
All together, there are 150 characters. Saju has incorporated white flowers and lemon- the main offering to this temple in the works as well. Also for a change, the features of the crowd of men in certain panels resemble the local populace!
Saju is the Head of the Department of Murals in the Sree Sankara University Kalady. He narrated how he overcomes unseen obstacles during the work.
‘However, I could complete the task satisfactorily,” he said. Saju has executed restoration works at many temples including Sree Padmanabhaswami temple (with Mammiyoor the legendary mural artist), Sreevalliputhur and at Baroda. He is the recipient of National and State Awards.
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