Nataraja Mural Stored in Paalneeri Shiva temple

10 June 2013
Palakkad

A team led by Sasi K Warrier a mural artist from Cochin restores mural at the Paalneeri Shiva temple in Karingirapully, considered to be around 150 years old.

The painting depicts the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva, the Nataraja, and it is believed to be the third biggest painting of Siva in the state, said Sasi, son of renowned mural painter K K Warrier. The other two Shaivite murals are in Ettumanoor and Vadukkunathan temple in Thrissur, he said.

He completed the restoration work within a week. “The mural depicts Shiva stamping demon Muyalaka, a dwarf holding a cobra. Siva is holding various items in his 16 hands. He has a deer, skull, vanamala, bell, snake, flag mast in his left hands while one of the hand is in the ‘mudra’ position. In the right hands, there are spear, axe, rudraksha mala, fire, small drum, cudgel and crescent moon,” said temple trustee C V Vijayaraghavan.

Source– http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/150-year-old-Nataraja-mural-restored/2013/06/10/article1628250.ece

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