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Ravana threatens Hanuman with fire torch (Thai Ramayana mural)

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Margery H. Freeman
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Bangkok, Thailand
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  • The Ramayana: The Hindu epic The Ramayana is retold through the mural, painting, and dance of Southeast Asia. (Page 3.10)

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Ravana threatens Hanuman with fire torch in Thai Ramayana mural at Emerald Buddha Temple

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After trying many other methods to kill the captured Hanuman, Ravana uses a torch to set Hanuman on fire.

In this mural detail at the Emerald Buddha Temple, Ravana dressed in royal Siamese apparel descends the stairs of his palace thrusting a fiery torch towards Hanuman. Hanuman sits on the tile floor at left, confined and bound with oil-soaked cotton rope. Another palace demon on the lower right points with glee at Hanuman’s predicament, while a fretting Sita is barely visible sitting on the palace veranda at the upper right.

This image was photographed in August 1984.