• Dr.Anand B

ABSTRACT The episode of Shiva reducing the Indian cupid Kamadeva or Manmatha to ashes is known variously as Kama Dahana, Kamantaka, Manmatha Vijaya, Madanari or Madanantaka. There are a good number of sculptural depictions of this episode found in India art and also in the temples of Karnataka. But it is in the delineation of this episode in paintings that the artists of Karnataka display a great deal of imagination. The Manmatha Vijaya (or the defeat) of Manmatha culminates in the death of Manmatha and later leads to the marriage of Siva with Girija or Parvati. The paintings on the ceiling of the Maharangamantapa of the Virupaksha Temple at Hampi vividly depict three interconnected episodes found in the Puranas and other ancient texts, namely, the death of Sati, the burning of the Indian cupid Kamadeva, and the marriage of Siva and Girija. Similar paintings are also found at Amminabhavi. It is proposed to discuss the unique features of these paintings based primarily on field study.

KEY WORDS: Kama Dahana, Virupaksha Temple, Amminabhavi

"MANMATHA VIJAYA PAINTINGS OF HAMPI AND AMMINABHAVI, KARNATAKA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.672-676, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811d47.pdf

"MANMATHA VIJAYA PAINTINGS OF HAMPI AND AMMINABHAVI, KARNATAKA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp672-676, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811d47.pdf