{"id":6346,"date":"2026-03-31T07:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photomuse.in\/?p=6346"},"modified":"2026-03-31T07:17:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:17:21","slug":"mastering-the-camera-online-series-part-2-travel-street-photography-session-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/mastering-the-camera-online-series-part-2-travel-street-photography-session-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo documentation of the Ooramana Perumthrikkovil Murals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Photo documentation of the Ooramana Perumthrikkovil Murals<br \/>\nBy Prasanth Raveendran &amp; Nidheesh Narayanan<br \/>\nMarch 28, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As part of PHOTOMUSE\u2019s ongoing mission to document, interpret, and preserve India\u2019s cultural heritage through photography, the first phase of mural documentation at Ooramana Perumthrikkovil (Narasimhamurthy Temple), Muvattupuzha, has been successfully completed. This work was carried out with care and dedication by our mentors Prasanth Raveendran and Nidheesh Narayanan under the Cultural Documentation Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Situated along the serene banks of the Muvattupuzha River in Ernakulam district, the Ooramana Perumthrikkovil\u2014dating back to the 12th\u201313th century CE\u2014stands as an exceptional testament to Kerala\u2019s spiritual, architectural, and artistic legacy. Its vatta sreekovil (round sanctum) houses a rare and continuous band of mural paintings, many over three centuries old, depicting episodes from the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Puranas, and regional devotional traditions.<\/p>\n<p>The murals, rendered in the traditional Kerala palette, include scenes such as Rama\u2013Ravana Yuddham, Kirata\u2013Arjuna, Gajendra Moksham, Nataraja, Narasimha Avataram, Rasa Leela, and Ganapathi. Their compositions are thoughtfully adapted to the circular geometry of the sanctum, allowing the narratives to unfold gracefully as one circumambulates the shrine.<\/p>\n<p>The high\u2011resolution image files and the complete documentation report will be archived within Photomuse and will soon be made available on our website for public viewing and non\u2011commercial use.<\/p>\n<p>We respectfully acknowledge the invaluable support and guidance of the Kerala State Department of Archaeology, whose cooperation made this work possible. We also extend our sincere appreciation to our mentors, Prasanth Raveendran and Nidheesh Narayanan, for their dedicated contributions to this significant heritage project[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Photo documentation of the Ooramana Perumthrikkovil Murals By Prasanth Raveendran &amp; Nidheesh Narayanan March 28, 2026 As part of PHOTOMUSE\u2019s ongoing mission to document, interpret, and preserve India\u2019s cultural heritage through photography, the first phase of mural documentation at Ooramana Perumthrikkovil (Narasimhamurthy Temple), Muvattupuzha, has been successfully completed. This work was carried out with care&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6346"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6351,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6346\/revisions\/6351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}