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Rama, Sita, and Laksman leave the palace: In The Ramayana, page 2.1; On this mural detail at the Emerald Buddha Temple, Sita, Rama, and Laksman depart the palace in Ayudhya for fourteen years of forest exile. Here they are shown with Sita's skin painted white on the left, Rama's painted green in the middle, and Laksman's painted...; By Lorraine Aragon.

The birth of Sita: In The Ramayana, page 1.3; A painted mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows the infant Sita sitting in a gold urn as she is discovered by a king ploughing his fields. Beside Sita's urn, which protrudes from the ground, we see the king holding a wooden plough harnessed to an ox. The...

Sita's hand in marriage: In The Ramayana, page 1.5; Rama and Sita ask for her parents' consent to marry in this detail image on a Ramayana mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Rama and Sita sit together on a low cushioned platform with their hands in the respectful wai or Thai prayer position....; By Lorraine Aragon.

A royal bath: In The Ramayana, page 1.7; Sita is shown taking a royal bath before her wedding to Rama in a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Sita bathes sitting on the edge of an elegant platform shelter extending into a large tiled pool. Two women servants pour water from a gold basin over Sita...; By Lorraine Aragon.

The marriage of Rama and Sita: In The Ramayana, page 1.8; A royal pavilion scene on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows the wedding of Sita and Rama. On the central platform, Sita sits at the left and Rama at the right of a tall footed dish, designed to represent ceremonial foods on a mound of rice. Rama,...; By Lorraine Aragon.

A procession: In The Ramayana, page 2.2; A mural painting at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows Rama, his wife Sita, and his brother Laksman as they are leaving with a procession to go to the forest. Laksman appears on the left, Sita in the sedan chair in the middle, and Rama with his characteristic...; By Lorraine Aragon.

A forest hermit: In The Ramayana, page 2.4; The forest hermit's respected position as a wise sage is shown by his elevated position sitting on a stone platform at left. Rama, Laksman, and Sita kneel on the ground at right. The hermit holds a palm leaf fan on a long handle. The hermit's stone platform...; By Lorraine Aragon.

The demon king: In The Ramayana, page 2.5; Ravana sits on a palace platform with two of his wives, as seen on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Ravana has one arm around each wife's neck. The wives both have their right hands held to their faces, as if in grief. Another demon, perhaps a relative...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Ravana kidnaps Sita: In The Ramayana, page 2.9; This Indian painting shows Ravana at left posing as an elderly hermit with Sita and then, at right, in his original mult-headed form, abducting her in his chariot. Sita is depicted wearing an orange Indian sari and she stands outside a very modest thatch dwelling...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Ravana tempts Sita: In The Ramayana, page 2.13; The demon king Ravana visits the captured Princess Sita in a wooden puppet theater performance at Yogyakarta in July 1986. The Ravana puppet, here painted with red skin unlike his green-skinned counterpart in Thai mural art, waves a powerful sword at Princess...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Hanuman searches for Sita: In The Ramayana, page 3.5; Sequential images of Hanuman looking for Sita in the demon Ravana's palace are seen on a Ramayana mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. The two adjacent images illustrate how framed space is used to indicate time lapses in Thai temple mural paintings. Hanuman,...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Hanuman finds Sita in the forest: In The Ramayana, page 3.6; The monkey god Hanuman finds Sita and a female companion in this modern Balinese painting photographed at Denpasar, Bali, in August 1986. All the characters are dressed in flowing Balinese-style royal clothes and crowns. Flowers, over-sized butterflies, and...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Hanuman attacks Ravana's palace: In The Ramayana, page 3.7; In this detail image from an Emerald Buddha Temple mural, Hanuman in royal garb clambers over the head of an elephant outside a white wall of Ravana's palace. The bodies of two fallen demon guards are seen at each side of the frame. After locating Sita and...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Ravana sets Hanuman on fire: In The Ramayana, page 3.10; 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...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Ravana's dream: In The Ramayana, page 4.1; In this mural detail at the Emerald Buddha Temple, the demon king Ravana has his dream interpreted by his younger brother Bhibek, the royal astrologer. Ravana is shown here seated on a raised cushion in golden attire, waving his ten arms, while his brother...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Rama and Laksman find the dead Sita: In The Ramayana, page 4.4; In this mural detail at the Emerald Buddha Temple, Rama (with green skin), his younger brother Laksman, and Ravana's niece posing as the dead Sita all are are wearing royal Siamese clothes and tall pointed crowns painted with gold leaf paint. The fake Sita's...; By Lorraine Aragon.

A new plot: In The Ramayana, page 4.2; In this Emerald Buddha Temple mural scene, the demon king Ravana instructs his niece to imitate Sita's appearance and behavior. Ravana speaks and gestures his instructions from a high palace veranda to his young and beautiful niece who sits respectfully on...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Playing dead: In The Ramayana, page 4.3; Floating on her back extended in the water, Ravana's niece pretends to be the dead Sita, as seen in a painted mural detail at the Emerald Buddha Temple. The niece is dressed in royal Siamese clothes and a tall crown, all painted in gold leaf paint. Tall rocks...; By Lorraine Aragon.

The God of Justice: In The Ramayana, page 6.1; The God of Justice, Maleevaraj, mediates between Rama and Ravana, as seen on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Rama, and Sita wearing royal Siamese clothes, sit in the forest on mats with their hands in respectful prayer position. On another mat, Rama's...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Sita's fire ordeal: In The Ramayana, page 6.11; Rama and his court watch Sita during the fire ordeal, as seen on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Sita stands calmly in a gated area with flames burning around the lotus blossom platform on which she stands. One of the monkey kings lights the fire with...; By Lorraine Aragon.

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