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Line 16: }} '''Thanjavur painting''' is a classical [[South India]]n [[painting]] style, ~~which~~originating ~~was [[Inauguration\|inaugurated]] from~~in the town of [[Thanjavur]] (anglicized as [[Tanjore]]) in [[Tamil Nadu]]. The art form draws its immediate resources and inspiration from way back about 1600 AD, a period when the [[Nayak (title)\|Nayakas]] of Thanjavur under the suzerainty of the Vijayanagara Rayas encouraged art—chiefly, classical dance and music—as well as literature, both in [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] and [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] and painting of chiefly Hindu religious subjects in temples. It is distinguished by its famous gold coating. However, it can safely be surmised that Thanjavur painting, as we know it now, originated in the Maratha court of Thanjavur (1676–1855).<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.paramparaproject.org/traditions_tanjor-gold-paintings.html\|title=Parampara Project – Tanjore Gold Leaf Painting\|publisher=paramparaproject.org}}</ref> It has been recognized as a [[Geographical indication]] by the [[Government of India]] in 2007–08.<ref name="GI">{{cite web\|url=http://ipindia.nic.in/girindia/\|title=Geographical indication\|publisher=Government of India\|access-date=28 June 2015\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826183844/http://ipindia.nic.in/girindia/\|archivedate=26 August 2013}}</ref> [[Thanjavur]] paintings are characterised by rich and vivid colors, simple iconic composition, glittering gold foils overlaid on delicate but extensive gesso work and inlay of glass beads and pieces or very rarely precious and semi-precious gems. In Thanjavur paintings one can see the influence of Deccani, Vijayanagar, Maratha and even European or Company styles of painting. Essentially serving as devotional icons, the subjects of most paintings are [[Hindu]] gods, goddesses, and saints. Episodes from Hindu Puranas, ''Sthala-puranas'' and other religious texts were visualised, sketched or traced and painted with the main figure or figures placed in the central section of the picture (mostly within an architecturally delineated space such as a ''mantapa'' or ''prabhavali'') surrounded by several subsidiary figures, themes and subjects. There are also many instances when Jain, Sikh, Muslim, other religious and even secular subjects were depicted in Tanjore paintings.{{citation needed\|date=January 2023}}

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