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Sita meets a hermit: In The Ramayana, page 7.6; Sita walks through the forest with a hermit in this mural detail from the Emerald Buddha Temple. The crowned Sita walks with her right hand bent across her chest. She follows just behind a moustached hermit who carries a walking stick and a palm leaf fan....; 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.

Sita appears to be dead: In The Ramayana, page 7.4; In this detail from a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple, Sita appears to be dead after the jealous Rama orders her killed. Sita lies on her back upon a palace pavillion platform. Her left leg is bent but her other limbs are extended. A bearded hermit sits...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Sita proves her purity: In The Ramayana, page 6.13; In this mural detail, 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 a torch in front, while other monkey king spectators are visible at right.; By Lorraine Aragon.

Sita agrees to return: In The Ramayana, page 7.13; Rama and Hanuman go into the forest to meet Sita, as shown at a wood puppet performance in Yogyakarta during July 1986. The white Hanuman puppet on the right wears a royal Yogyakarta-style batik sarong while the Rama and Sita puppets are dressed in similar...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Sita and Rama are reunited: In The Ramayana, page 6.10; Sita and Rama dance together close to the floor at a performance in Yogyakarta in July 1986. Sita's left hand is flexed back and upward, resting on her left knee. Sita is in front, gazing sharply to the side with her bent legs hidden by her sarong skirt. Rama...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Rama's jealousy: In The Ramayana, page 7.1; A stone stele at Prambanan Temple shows Sita sitting and talking with a monkey. Realistically portrayed, the monkey at left in this carved bas relief sits cross-legged and gestures his hands forward with the palms turned up. Sita also sits cross-legged facing...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Rama and Sita are crowned: In The Ramayana, page 6.14; In this mural detail from the Emerald Buddha Temple, Rama and Sita sit separately on high columned platforms back in their royal pavillion at Ayudhya. Large gold chalices are set in front of Rama on a blue platform. Below the platforms on a tiled floor, monkey...; 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.

Sita gives birth: In The Ramayana, page 7.7; Four goddesses attend to Sita as she gives birth, as seen in a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. A row of four goddesses kneel beside Sita, aiding in the delivery of her and Rama's baby son. Sita, dressed modestly in her usual royal clothes and looking ever...; 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The gods protect Sita: In The Ramayana, page 7.3; A painted mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple depicts a Hindu god watching over Sita. The god, with blue skin and wearing Siamese royal clothes, appears to run within a stylized bubble through the sky. The bubble, which is flame or tear-shaped, is decorated...; 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.

The people of Ayudhya mourn Sita: In The Ramayana, page 7.10; This mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows the people of Ayudhya mourning below Sita's empty throne. At the lower right, men courtiers clasp their hands and kneel in prayer. At the lower left, royal women sit holding their hands to their faces and weeping...; 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.

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