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About this slideshow: The version of the Ramayana told in this slideshow is not a literal or complete retelling of any single classical or modern version of the epic. It is based primarily on the Ramakien, the Ramayana as rewritten by Rama I and Rama II of...

The Ramayana: The Hindu epic The Ramayana is retold through the mural, painting, and dance of Southeast Asia.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Hanuman tricks a demon guard: In The Ramayana, page 3.4; On the Ramayana mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple, a detail shows the monkey god Hanuman entering a demon guardian's mouth as he attempts to cross the sea to Lanka. The demon is ornamented on the mural with gold leaf paint.; By Lorraine Aragon.

The kingdom of Ayudhya: In The Ramayana, page 1.1; Rama's hometown city of Ayudhya is depicted surrounded with solid white walls on a Ramayana mural painting at the Emerald Buddha Temple. The vantage point of this painting is from outside an inviting entrance gate door served by a well-worn footpath. Over...; By Lorraine Aragon.

The bow of Siva: In The Ramayana, page 1.4; Here, Rama draws an arrow across his bow at a Ramayana dance performance held at Yogyakarta in July 1986. The Rama dancer wears a golden crown and a gold-trimmed red sash across his bare chest. He also wears the "broken sword" pattern batik of Yogyakarta's...; By Lorraine Aragon.

The gods look on: In The Ramayana, page 6.12; The Hindu gods of the Ramayana, all dressed in royal Siamese clothing and tall gold crowns, are shown sitting together in groups on boulders located above the place where Sita is undergoing a test of her purity and fidelity to Rama by standing in fire. The...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Hanuman searches the underworld for Ravana's soul: In The Ramayana, page 6.5; A mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple depicts Hanuman in two places as he travels through the underworld landscape in pursuit of Ravana's hidden soul container. Huge pink flowering lotus plants and boulders dominate the scene. Hanuman is visible standing on...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Hanuman's revenge: In The Ramayana, page 3.11; Hanuman burns Ravana's city in a danced stage performance at held at Prambanan Temple in Java in July 1986. To enact Hanuman's burning of Ravana's city in performance, a bonfire was built behind a columned fence on a stone promontory near the Prabanan temple....; By Lorraine Aragon.

The hunt: In The Ramayana, page 2.8; A Javanese dancer playing Rama pursues another dancer wearing the costume of a golden deer in a performance at Yogyakarta in July 1986. A Javanese dancer wears a golden deer costume in a Ramayana performance at Yogyakarta in July 1986. The dancer's eyes are...; By Lorraine Aragon.

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.

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.

A bridge of stone: In The Ramayana, page 4.8; A carved stone stele at Prambanan Temple shows monkeys helping Rama by bringing stones for the bridge he wants to build to Ravana's demon island of Lanka. Realistically portrayed, the naked monkeys in this carved bas relief walk together in line carrying rounded...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Walls and floor of Ramayana mural gallery at Emerald Buddha Temple: A long view down the mural gallery at the Emerald Buddha temple shows the polished stone floors and continuously painted walls depicting scenes from the Ramayana. Two guards, one sitting and one standing, are visible at the back of the hallway. This Thai version...; Format: image/photograph

Painting from Thai Ramayana where king gives potion to queen to bear sons: In this painting of a scene from the Thai Ramayana, the king who is destined to be Rama's father gives a potion from the gods to one of his queens so that she will have a son. The green-skinned king at left and the white-skinned queen at the right sit together...; Format: image/photograph

Kneeling princes hear about plans for Sita's marriage (Thai Ramayana mural): A Ramayana mural in the Emerald Buddha Temple shows princes gathered to hear how they might compete for Sita's hand in marriage. Young men kneel on a blue tiled floor in a walled courtyard around two small roofed pavillions where announcement of the competition...; Format: image/photograph

Ramayana mural sheltered under portico at Emerald Buddha Temple, Bangkok: Sequential scenes from the Ramayana story are painted on mural walls sheltered under columned porticos at the Emerald Buddha Temple in Bangkok. Pilgrims and tourists can walk around the shaded gallery halls viewing the hundreds of paintings that visually convey...; Format: image/photograph

Two bird creatures with human heads Thai Ramayana mural): This detail from the Ramayana mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows two bird creatures with male human heads. The creatures' feathered bodies are painted light brown and modelled on short-tailed chickens or hawks. From the front of the bird heads, human...; Format: image/photograph

An heir to the throne: In The Ramayana, page 1.2; In this painting, the green-skinned king at left and the white-skinned queen at the right sit together on a blue painted platform under a gold-leaf painted arch representing their tiered roof palace at Ayudhya.; By Lorraine Aragon.

A deathbed plot: In The Ramayana, page 1.10; This Indian painting shows Rama's father on his royal bed as he nears death. A wife and son are at his side.; 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.

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