File:1801 sketch of Vishnu Anantashayana in Meenakshi Shaivism Temple at Madurai Tamil Nadu 02.jpg

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English: The Madurai temple celebrates Shaivism and all major traditions of Hinduism. Meenakshi (Parvati) marries Shiva, she is considered sister of Vishnu. It is Vishnu who gives her away during her wedding to Shiva, in a ritual festival every year.

This image shows Vishnu resting on Ananta Sesha, also called the Rangaswamy form.

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Pen and ink drawing that depicts Vishnu Anantashayana reclining on the cosmic serpent Ananta, from an 'Album of 51 drawings (57 folios) of buildings, sculpture and paintings in the temple and choultry of Tirumala Nayyak at Madura. c.1801-05', by an anonymous artist working in the South India/Madurai style, c. 1801-1805. Each picture is inscribed with a title and a number in ink.

This drawing is of a carving that can be found in the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple of Madurai, the sacred complex built under the patronage of the Nayaka ruler Tirumala in the 17th century. Within the large enclosure are two temples dedicated to Shiva as Sundareshvara with his consort Minakshi, and several mandapas (halls) with elaborately sculpted columns of the gods from the Hindu pantheon. Vishnu is one of the three main gods of the Hindu Trinity (Trimurti) who acts as the preserver of universal order. He is often associated with creation myths and in this drawing he is represented as Anantashayana reclining on the coils of the serpent Ananta or Shesha, whose hood with many heads curls up above him to provide a protective covering. A lotus blossoms grows from his navel on which Brahma sits, who then creates the universe.
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Source http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019wdz000001063u00026000.html
Author Unknown (1801)

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