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
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