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Kiratasunu

Green-skinned Kiratasunu stands upright with a fierce expression on his face. He has a bow and arrow in his left hand and sword on his right hand. He wears a red upper cloth and jewellery including rings, armlets and necklaces. He wears a crown topped with peacock feathers. He is flanked by four attendants, two on each side. Two on the upper half of the panel are holding up vechamaram; there is a pair of alavattams also present. There is a muthukoda over his head.

Narrative

Textual Source
Local tradition
Mythological Tale
Kirathasunu is considered as the son of Shiva and Parvati as kirathar or forest-dwellers. They took this form in order to test Arjuna who was meditating in the forest.
Episode
Non-narrative

Iconography

Primary Deity/Figure
Kiratasunu
Secondary Figures
Four attendants
Iconographic Form
Kirathasunu
Iconographic Attributes
Green-skinned bearded Kiratasunu; black moustache; crown with peacock feather; earrings, rings, necklaces, armlets; red upper garment; open-eyed; bow and arrow on left hand; sword in the right arm; muthukoda over the head; two alavattams; two attendants, green-skinned to the left and yellow-skinned to the right hold a venchamaram; two more attendants, white-skinned on the left and yellow-skinned on the right.
Visual & Formal Features
Facial expression detail, Hand gesture (mudra), Ornamentation
Rasa
Veera

Spatial & Architectural

Zone within Temple
Sanctum
Position in Pradakshina Sequence
12
Adjacent Panels
Narasimham, Kalasamharamurthi

Condition & Documentation

Condition
Poor
Deterioration Type
Plaster loss
Restoration Status
Unrestored
Documentation Type
DSLR full panel
Permission Basis
Combined permission
Date of Documentation
05/08/2024
Artist
Unknown
Identifier
CMT_P012
Rights / Notes
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