Tanjavur Lakshmi

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Lakshmi showers real Gold in this Tanjavur painting!

Tanjavur Oviyam is a classical South Indian painting style, which was inaugurated from the town of Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu.

Tanjore paintings are characterised by rich, flat and vivid colors, simple iconic composition, glittering gold foils overlaid on delicate but extensive gesso work and inlay of glass beads and pieces or very rarely precious and semi-precious gems.

Essentially serving as devotional icons, the subjects of most paintings are Hindu gods, goddesses, and saints. Episodes from Hindu Puranas, Sthala-puranas and other religious texts were visualised, sketched or traced and painted with the main figure or figures placed in the central section of the picture (mostly within an architecturally delineated space such as a mantapa or prabhavali) surrounded by several subsidiary figures, themes and subjects. There are also many instances when Jain, Sikh, Muslim, other religious and even secular subjects were depicted in Tanjore paintings.

Usage
Tanjore paintings are panel paintings done on wooden planks, and hence referred to as palagai padam. In modern times, these paintings are used in Pooja rooms, as souvenirs for festive occasions in South India, pieces to decorate walls, and collectors' items for art lovers.