Kerala mural paintings are the frescoes depicting mythology and legends, which are drawn on the walls of temples and churches in South India, principally in Kerala. Ancient temples, churches and palaces in Kerala, South India, display an abounding tradition of mural paintings mostly dating back between the 9th to 12th centuries CE when this form of art enjoyed Royal patronage.
Fresco-Secco
The masterpieces of
Kerala mural art include: the Shiva Temple in Ettumanoor, the
Ramayana murals of Mattancherry Palace and Vadakkumnatha
Kshetram. The "Gajendra Moksham" mural painting in the
Krishnapuram Palace near Kayamkulam and the mural paintings in the sanctom
of Padmanabha temple at Thiruvananthapuram are very famous.
కేరళ మ్యూరల్ పెయింటింగ్స్ అనేది భారత దేశములో గల వివిధ రకముల చిత్ర రూపములలో ఒక రకమైనది. ఈ పెయింటింగ్ లని దక్షిణ భారత దేశంలోని దేవాలయముల యొక్క గోడల మీద మరియు పై కప్పులమీద ఎక్కువగా చెక్కుతారు. ఈ కేరళ మ్యూరల్ పెయింటింగ్ లది ఒక ప్రత్యేకమైన చిత్ర శైలి. గురువాయూరు లోని కృష్ణుని దేవలయములో మరియు కేరళలోని అనేక ఇతర దేవలయములలో ఈ మ్యూరల్ పెయింటింగ్ లు మనకు కనబడతాయి. చరిత్ర ప్రకారము ఈ చిత్ర ప్రక్రియ 9 వ శతాబ్ధము నుంచి 12 వ శతాభ్ధము మధ్య కాలములో మొదలు అయింది. ఆ కాలములో రాజుల యొక్క ప్రోత్సాహముతో ఈ చిత్రా కళ ఎంతో ప్రాచుర్యముని పొందింది. ఎట్టమన్నూరు లోని శివాలయములోను, మట్టన్ చెర్రి పేలస్ లోని రామాయణ మ్యూరల్స్, కృష్ణపురం పేలస్ లోని గజేంద్రమోక్షం మ్యూరల్ చిత్రిము, గురువాయూర్ లోని కృష్ణుని దేవాలయములోను, తిరువనంతపురం లోని అనంత పద్మనాభ స్వామి దేవాలయములోను ఇలా కేరళ లో వివిధ ప్రాంతములలో ఉన్న మ్యూరల్ పైంటింగ్స్ కొన్ని ప్రముఖమైన ఉదాహరణలు.
Murals
The murals of Thirunadhikkara
Cave Temple (now ceded to Tamil
Nadu) and Tiruvanchikulam are considered the oldest relics
of of Kerala’s own style of murals. Fine mural paintings are
depicted in temples at Trikodithanam, Ettumanur, Vaikom, Pundarikapuram,
Udayanapuram, Triprangode, Guvuvayoor, Kumaranallor, Aymanam, the
Vadakkunathan temple in Trichur, the Thodeekalam temple in
Kannur and the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple at Thiruvananthapuram. Other
mural sites are in the churches at Edappally, Vechur, Cheppad and Mulanthuruthy, and
at palaces such as the Krishnapuram Palace near Kayamkulam and the
Padmanabhapuram Palace.
The traditional
style mural art form, using natural pigments and vegetable colours, is being
revived by a new genre of artists actively involved in researching and teaching
mural art at the Sree Sankara Sanskrit College in Kalady and also at a
mural art school associated with the Guruvayoor temple.
The above text courtesy on Kerala Mural Paintings from the Wikipedia.org website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala_mural_painting
Recently i got some Kerala Mural Paintings images from Mrs.Lakshmi Subramanian madam of 64arts.in website http://www.64arts.in/.
Lakshmi Subramanian madam thank you very much for your valuable encouragement to me for sending images of some of the Kerala Mural paintings for sharing them in my Heritage of India blog. Below are some of the Frescoes or Wall paintings found in the Temples of Thrissur, Guruwayur and Anantha Padmanabhan of Trivandrum sent by Lakshmi Subramanian madam to me. Lakshmi Subramanian madam thank you very much for your valuable encouragement to me.
This is Kalyanam kerala mural painting.
This is Krishna in Vrindavan kerala mural painting.
This is Krishna and Radha kerala mural painting.
This is Krishna and the gopis kerala mural painting.
This is Krishna playing the flute kerala mural painting.
This is Goddess Lalitha Maatha kerala mural painting.
This is Mangagalam kerala mural painting.
This is Lord Narasimha Swamy kerala mural painting.
This is Narayana and others kerala mural painting.
This is Narayana kerala mural painting.
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2. Painted abode of the gods - mural traditions of kerala - A ramachandran.
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