A giant demon

On Rama's army fights many battles with Ravana's demons, during which each side tries repeatedly to trick the other. Here, a large green demon climbs over a walled gate as residents flee in terror. (Learn more)

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The demon dressed in royal gold Siamese clothes plants his left foot and left hand powerfully on a stone gateway and wooden door to push them into the walled compound. The demon wears a tall headdress, sarong, and jewelry painted in gold leaf, and he holds a sword in his right hand.

As the doorway into the compound starts to break and fall inward, residents inside flee in terror. Some people already lie injured and fallen outside the city walls. One person in simple commoner’s clothes appears to lie crushed under the demon’s bare right foot.

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