MURAL PAINTINGS IN PARLIAMENT HOUSE
  • Not sure if this was posted earlier - unfortunately both the images
    are not loaded, any parlimentarians in our groups and persons from
    delhi - maybe can take a picture ( is it allowed??) and post


    http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/intro/p18.htm

    Panel No. 34

    The descent of Ganga and the Penance of Bhagiratha at Mahabalipuram
    alongwith the portraits of Shimhavishnu and his wives as motif — 7th
    Century A.D. (A.H. Longhurst Pallava Architecture).

    Artist — Shri S. Sen Roy, New Delhi

    Panel No. 37

    Rajendra Chola and his naval expedition to Ceylon, Nicobar, Kadara
    and further cast to overcome the Sailendra empire (11th Century
    A.D.).

    Artist — Shri K.K. Hebbar, Bombay.

    Artist Supervisor — Shri Gopal D. Deuskar, Bombay.
  • Dear Vijay,

    The answer to your question is unfortunately, no.

    I have been trying for the same for the mural done by my grandfather.
    Late (Prof.) R.Krishna Rao (In the same link see Panel No. 2)..With
    help of some close contacts in Delhi, I was allowed only to see the
    mural. I am yet to come in contact with people powerful enough who can
    allow me to take a picture (A high resolution one). Panel 1 to 7 were
    done by the stalwarts of Government college of Arts and Crafts,
    Egmore. At that time, Prof. K.C.S. Paniker was the principal, hence
    his name as the Artist Supervisor.

    At the moment, I dont rememeber the panel 34 you mention, but very
    vividly I remember seeing the Panel 37 showing Rajendra Chola. It is a
    very beautiful mural with Rajendra Chola standing on the right side of
    the composition. He has his right hand pointing towards the ships
    which are about to sail on an expedition and the left hand on his
    waist. His posture unmistakably tells you that he is the ruler of the
    seas and the lands beyond. His facial expression is also immpecably
    potrayed.

    I just wish I could take photos of all the murals decorated on the
    wall of the parliament corridor...
  • Hi
    we could ask ndtv arunachalam vaidyanathan on this

    venketesh

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