A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c15.s6.5

c15.s6.5

Wall-paintings of subjects from the epics, executed during the reign of Mahārāja Mārtanda Varma of Travancore, and existing on the walls of the inner temple of Srī Padmanabha Swāmi at Trivandrum, are said to be good, but are so placed that it is impossible to photograph them. Miniature portraits of the Mahārājas, going back to the early part of the eighteenth century, are kept in the palace at Trivandrum, but no information concerning their origin, technique, or artistic value is available.¹