WEAPON SYSTEMS USED IN COMBAT

THIRUVETKALAM TEMPLE ALSO CONTAINS DEPICTION OF SOME WEAPON SYSTEMS USED IN COMBAT.

THE VIEWERS ARE REQUESTED TO OBSERVE NOT ONLY THE WEAPONS , BUT ALSO THE POSTURES,FACIAL EXPRESSION AND DRESSES THEY WEAR.

 SIVA AND UMA POSTED AS HUNTER , ACCOMPANIED BY DOGS. WEAPONS – BOW AND ARROW .

 PHILOSOPHICALLY FOUR DOGS REPRESENT FOUR VEDAS .

UNARMED COMBAT .

LORD SIVA HOLDING THE HAND OF ARJUNA .

 HIS LEG LOCKING ARJUNA’S KICK

            SIVA AND PARVATHI . WEAPONS – BOW AND ARROW .

 BOW AND ARROW IS ESSENTIALLY A WEAPON TO SHOOT AN

 ANIMAL AT A DISTANCE WITHOUT REVEALING YOURSELF .

 DOGS HELP TO CORNER THE ANIMAL .

 IN HUNTING EXPEDITION , THE CONSORTS ACCOMPANY THE

 HUNTER. 

SURRENDER OF ARJUNA BY THROWING THE WEAPON DOWN

TWO WEAPONS IN KALI’S HAND.

SHORT MAZE AND SHORT SWORD.

 SHORT MAZE AND SHORT SWORD ARE WEAPONS OF

 COMBAT BETWEEN TWO INDIVIDUALS

      DWARAGABALA WITH CONVENTIONAL LARGE MAZE

WEAPON – SHORT MAZE

WEAPON – SHORT MAZE

  WEAPON – SHORT MAZE

 WEAPON – SHORT MAZE

       HEAD OF MAZE CONTAINS MULTIPLE SWORD BLADES

 SHORT MAZE OF MULTIPLE BLADES CAN HOLD BACK ARMY

 OF SOLDIERS.

 THEY ARE PLIABLE BLADES COMPARABLE TO URUMI OF

 KALARIPAYATTU.

 SHORT MAZE MAY VARY IN LENGTH FROM ONE FOOT TO

 SEVERAL FEET.

 NUMBER MAY ALSO VARY FROM 1 , 3 OR 5.

WEAPON – SHORT MULTISWORD

WEAPON – SHORT MULTISWORD

WEAPON – SHORT MAZE

       HEAD OF MAZE CONTAINS MULTIPLE SWORD BLADES

TOP – MAZE

    BOTTOM – BOW AND ARROW

    A THROW WEAPON COMPARABLE TO CHURIKAN OF NINJAS

         A SHORT THROW WEAPON WITH SPIKES AND BLADES