Vijayanagara Paintings: photo 17
Photo 17 of 37 in Gallery: Vijayanagara Paintings

Image title: Plate 17: Kalyana Sundara
Description of the photo
[Full title: Kalyana Sundara, Vijayanagara, Lepakshi, 16th century]
The scene of Ś as ṇaܲԻ岹 (Kalyana-sundara), with ī as his bride. There is a gathering of sages and women. officiates as priest. This may be compared with a similar one from the ceiling of the ṭyṇḍ貹. In the Vijayanagara period, the marriage of 峾 and ī, ٰܱ貹ī and Arjuna, Ś and ī, all become a type with 첹貹ṛkṣa tree in between the bride and groom assuring them the most pleasing married life with all that desire can wish for assured for them. [...]
Again it becomes a little more stylised in the Gurjara ʰī sculpture from Ჹٳ of the ninth century now in the National Museum and a similar one but with a larger group composed from the Bhārat Bhawan of the tenth century A.D. ṇaܲԻ岹 in metal with վṣṇ and ṣmī giving her away to Ś is a magnificent Chola bronze in the Tañjāvur Art Gallery.
Gallery information:
This plate is contained in the book “Vijayanagara Paintings�, a valuable aid to the understanding of Indian iconography (also known as ś貹śٰ). The Vijayanagara empire was established in 1335 by Harihara, Harihara, Kaṃpa and Bukka (sons of Saṅgama) and grew to be a dominant power in the South. Painting has been considered in the Citrasūtra of the վṣṇdharmottara, the early standard text on painting, as the premier art.
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