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Each corpus — Śaiva, Vaishnava, Rāmāyaṇa, local tradition — a distinct visual world with its own iconographic grammar.

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Bhagavata Purana21 muralsDevi Mahatmya3 muralsLocal tradition15 muralsMahabharata15 muralsNon-narrative117 muralsNot Applicable2 muralsOther3 muralsRamayana11 muralsShiva Purana9 murals
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Kerala Mural Archive
Kerala Mural Archive
Preserving Heritage, Digitally.
Curated by
Radhika Suresh
PhD Research Scholar, Digital Humanities
School of Liberal Arts
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
ORCID: 0009-0004-5523-1452
How to Cite
Suresh, Radhika. Kerala Mural Archive.
IIT Jodhpur, 2026.
keralamuralarchive.in
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Images from active temple sites are published with permission from the respective governing authorities. For non-commercial research use with attribution.
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Acknowledgements: Fieldwork access granted by temple and palace governing authorities across Kerala. This archive is part of a doctoral research project at IIT Jodhpur.
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