G D Thyagaraj - Mosque and market

This is a bright market scene with a mosque in the background by Thyagaraj, nice painting.

 

G D Paulraj - Doing the Dhobi

This is a painting by G D Paulraj showing a lot of man and women cleaning clothes in the river with large mountains in the background.  I posted a similar one back in 2012 but this one I prefer.

 

28 November 2014 (Part 2) - Tanjore

Once we arrived in Tanjore we picked up our guide and went to visit the former palace buildings which were looking a little sad.  There were many very old bronze statues of considerable size considering their age.

 

From memory this was a large statue with a diameter of around three feet.

Watchtower structure at the palace.

 Very ornate paintings on the palace walls.

 Crows sitting on the palace roof.

Looks like the same deity as in the earlier bronze statue.

We then moved on and visited the 'Great Living Chola Temple in Tanjore'.   There were a lot of pilgrims visiting the temple which was highly carved but not painted.

We then visited a metal work shop and purchased some small heavy bronze statues to take back to the UK.

28 November 2014 - Trichy to Tanjore

Left Madurai in heavy rain, the first of our trip, our driver said it was a cyclone and was going to last around three days.  It got wetter the nearer the coast we got, one good point was it kept other people indoors and for a change we were on a good quality road all the way to Trichy (Tiruchirappalli) where we visited the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple which was being renovated and covered in bamboo scaffolding and green netting.

 On the road to Trichy, very wet today.

 Brave motorcyclist.

 Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple being renovated in Trichy.

 We ended up with wet, cold and muddy feet, we were glad we had taken a waterproof jacket!  I will add the Tanjore photos another day

27 November 2014 - Madurai

We went with our new guide 'Daisy' to visit the Tirumalai Naicker Palace with huge pillars, which was looking very tired in need of some attention.  Then on to visit and massive Hindu Temple, no cameras were allowed inside but you could take you mobile phones! We had to leave our cameras in a hired locker which cost us Rs/- 20.

The temple was massive and very impressive and very very busy with weddings.  Afterwards we crossed the road and visited a gift shop with a roof that overlooked the temple and took some photos.

 

G D Paulraj - Two cows at the market

Another great painting by Paul Raj, one of his many market scenes with lots of activity.  The colours still look fresh as well.

I wish I owned this one, it reminds me of my visit to India last November, hope you enjoy this one.

 

G D Paulraj - Village Tap

This painting recently sold on Ebay for £183.00 it started at £125.00 so it was a good price for a very nice painting.  I remember it changing hands about 18 months ago and I think I added to my blog at that time, but this is a better photo.

The colours look nice and fresh, I think the painting was unframed, shame I could not bid on it, retirement has curbed my spending.