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The demon king Ravana Painting of the poet Valmiki seated, holding a manuscript and teaching the Ramayana to Kusa and Lava, who sit attentively with another figure and two deer nearby. Eighteenth-century Indian painting showing Rama and Sita seated on a decorated bench, with Hanuman kneeling at their feet and Lakshmana standing nearby in a palace garden. Illustration of Lord Rama breaking Shiva's bow before King Janaka, Sita, and assembled courtiers at a palace temple. Basohli-style painting of Lord Rama's wedding, with the bride and groom beneath a canopy surrounded by richly dressed guests and musicians. Illustration of Ravana raising a sword as he abducts Sita, while the vulture Jatayu attacks overhead in a rocky landscape. Ceremonial textile depicting the Ramayana battle, with Rama's monkey and bear army fighting Ravana's demon forces amid large armed figures. Traditional Hindu painting of Sita seated amid flames during Agni Pariksha, with Rama, Lakshmana, and an attendant standing nearby. Rama's court Two performers in elaborate costumes enact a dramatic scene from the Ramayana; one wears a large ornate headpiece and painted face, the other wears a gold sari and expressive jewelry.
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The demon king Ravana
Ravana, the many-headed demon king, detail from a painting of the Ramayana,...
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, Gift of George P. Bickford (1966.143), www.clevelandart.org.
Valmiki teaching Kusha and Lava
The sage Valmiki instructs Kusha and Lava in the Ramayana, the Sanskrit...
© Art Collection 3/Alamy
Rama, Sita, Hanuman, and Lakshmana
The heroes of the Ramayana—Rama and Sita (seated), the monkey-general Hanuman...
© Photos.com/Getty Images Plus
Rama breaking Shiva's bow
An illustration from the Ramayana depicting Rama breaking the bow of Shiva...
© Dilip Rajgor/Dinodia Photo
Royal weddings in the Ramayana
A Basohli-style painting from the Kullu Mandi school of Pahari painting depicting...
© Angelo Hornak/Alamy
Ravana abducting Sita
An illustration from the Ramayana depicting Ravana abducting Sita as the...
© Dilip Rajgor/Dinodia Photo
Rama's battle with Ravana
A ceremonial textile hanging depicting the battle of the Ramayana in which...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2008, 2008.163
Sita's agnipariksha
A painting depicting Sita's agnipariksha, or trial by fire, in the Ramayana,...
© Art Collection/Alamy
Rama's court
Folio from a manuscript of the Ramayana, drawing from Chamba, Himachal Pradesh,...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jane Greenough Green in memory of Edward Pelton Green (AC1999.127.36), www.lacma.org
Ravana and Sita from a Ramayana performance
A scene from a Ramlila (dramatization of the Hindu epic poem the Ramayana),...
© Sonu Mehta—Hindustan Times/Getty Images
Rama and Hanuman in a performance of the Ramayana
A scene between the protagonist Rama and his monkey devotee Hanuman from a Ramlila,...
© Pradeep Gaur/SOPA Images—LightRocket/Getty Images)
Khon dance in Thailand
Thai dancers perform khon, based on the Thai version of the Hindu epic poem...
© SasinT Gallery—Moment/Getty Images
Valmiki being inspired to write the Ramayana
A painting from Udaipur of Valmiki witnessing the killing of the male krauncha...
© British Library Board (Add. 15295); from the British Library Archive
Valmiki teaches the Ramayana to Rama's sons
Scenes from the Balakanda (childhood canto) of the Ramayana, including Valmiki...
© British Library Board (Add. 15295); from the British Library Archive
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