TN to showcase replica of Pallava monuments at Republic Day parade

Historic monuments from the Pallava dynasty, which performed host to the casual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in October 2019, will probably be in limelight but once more within the nationwide capital this month.

Replicas of the traditional monuments will probably be half of Tamil Nadu’s tableau at the Republic Day parade in Delhi.

After eight rounds of choices by the Union Defence Ministry, Tamil Nadu’s tableau has been finalised. Among the Mamallapuram Group of Monuments, replicas of the Shore Temple, the monolithic rock sculpture of Arjuna’s Penance and Nakula Sahadeva Ratha will probably be half of the show, an official informed The Hindu.

As one other element of the tableau, 4 Bharathanatyam dancers will carry out conventional music with thavil and nathasvaram for the well-known music by poet Bharathiyar ‘Parukulle Nalla Nadu.’ “There will be four musicians — two on nathaswaram and two on thavil on both sides of the tableau, marching on the Rajpath on Republic Day,” the official mentioned.

Elaborating the challenges confronted whereas establishing the tableau, the official mentioned the most important problem was to create one thing new however that was supposed to look historic. “We had to use clay but had to ensure that it looked eroded to some extent over hundreds of years. Then, a negative mould was taken and fibre glass was used. The painting on it was to ensure that it imitated the original monument in Mamallapuram. Our aim is to make the tableau appear as if people are seeing the monuments in Mamallapuram.”

Of the 32 tableaus that will probably be paraded on the Rajpath in Delhi, 16 belong to numerous States and Tamil Nadu’s could be the fourth within the order. Director of Information and Public Relation Department D. Baskara Pandian is supervising the Tamil Nadu tableau.