Kerala mural painting nature

kerala mural paintings are dated beteween 16th&18th century AD.these pictorial grace of decoration art started showing magnificently at the temple waal,sreekovil, gopurams, and old palaces, painting depecting,god goddesses,mythological stories, incarnation of lord vishnu,siva etc.using 5 natural colors (panchavarana)red,yellow,green,black&white(the wall itself)taken from cut brick stone, yeellow stone,copper sulphate, neelamari-leaves,lampblack& neem glue as base for mixinng.

Kerala mural painting

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Mural painting of Sivakudumbam

Murals constitute the pictorial representation of mythological and legendary incidents of any region, thus of the paintings done for aesthetic purposes, alone. Basically they belong to the fresco style with several regional variations and specificity. Searching for the roots of murals in Kerala takes us back in to the 7th, 8th centuries. They function as