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India: Lotus-gatherer. Mural from the Jain cave complex at Sittanavasal, Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu,2nd century CE.

Sittanavasal (Tamil name: ?????????????) is a small hamlet in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu, India. The Sittanavasal Cave, also known as Arivar Kovil, is a Jain monastery of the 7th century, small in size, excavated in a bluff on the western slope of the hill in its centre. It is noted for its paintings which have been painted in fresco-secco technique with many mineral colours. The painting themes depict a beautiful lotus pond and flowers, people collecting lotuses from the pond, two dancing figures, lilies, fish, geese, buffaloes and elephants.

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Titre: India: Lotus-gatherer. Mural from the Jain cave complex at Sittanavasal, Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu,2nd century CE.

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Sittanavasal (Tamil name: ?????????????) is a small hamlet in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu, India. The Sittanavasal Cave, also known as Arivar Kovil, is a Jain monastery of the 7th century, small in size, excavated in a bluff on the western slope of the hill in its centre. It is noted for its paintings which have been painted in fresco-secco technique with many mineral colours. The painting themes depict a beautiful lotus pond and flowers, people collecting lotuses from the pond, two dancing figures, lilies, fish, geese, buffaloes and elephants.

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Taille de l'image: 4900 × 3589 px | 50.3 MB

Taille d'impression: 41.5 × 30.4 cm | 1929.1 × 1413.0 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés: ART (CATÉGORIE) • ART • ASIE • ASIE, CONTINENT • CONTINENT ASIE • DESSIN MURAL • FRESQUE • FRESQUES • HISOIRE • HISTOIRE • INDE • INDES • INDIEN • INDIENNE • INDIENS • JAINISME • JAINISME, RELIGION HINDOUE • MURAL • PEINTURES MURALES • RELIGION • TABLEAU MURAL • TECHNIQUE: FRESQUES