Rama is exiled

The king is in anguish but feels bound to fulfill his promise. Rama leaves for the forest, accompanied by his wife Sita and his most faithful brother Laksman. Rama's father then dies of grief. (Learn more)

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This mural painting from the Emerald Buddha Temple shows Rama bidding farewell to people at his father’s palace in the kingdom of Ayudhya. Rama, whose skin is painted green, stands in golden royal clothes on a pavillion platform at the center. Subjects kneel on the tile floor below him. This scene takes place just before Rama leaves for his fourteen years of exile in the forest.

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