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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.

Altar store: In Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences, page 16; China ruled what is now Vietnam for nearly a thousand years, heavily influencing religious and kinship practices among the Vietnamese majority group. There are also large ethnic Chinese populations within major Vietnamese cities. As a result, Vietnamese people...; 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.

Formations in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO: Formations in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Garden of the Gods is covered in monoliths of sandstone and gypsum. Charles Perkins, head of the Burlington Railroad, originally purchased 240 acres near the base of Pike's Peak for a summer...; Format: image/photograph

Formations in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado: Formations in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Garden of the Gods is covered in monoliths of sandstone and gypsum. Charles Perkins, head of the Burlington Railroad, originally purchased 240 acres near the base of Pike's Peak for a summer...; Format: image/photograph

Road through formations in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO: Road through formations in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Garden of the Gods is covered in monoliths of sandstone and gypsum. Charles Perkins, head of the Burlington Railroad, originally purchased 240 acres near the base of Pike's...; Format: image/photograph

Sculpted formations in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO: Sculpted formations in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Garden of the Gods is covered in monoliths of sandstone and gypsum. Charles Perkins, head of the Burlington Railroad, originally purchased 240 acres near the base of Pike's Peak...; Format: image/photograph

Hikers under a formation at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO: Hikers under a formation at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Garden of the Gods is covered in monoliths of sandstone and gypsum. Charles Perkins, head of the Burlington Railroad, originally purchased 240 acres near the base of Pike's Peak...; Format: image/photograph

Gods watch Sita's fire ordeal from above (Thai Ramayana mural): A group of gods sit and watch Sita's fire ordeal from above, as depicted in a mural detail from the Emerald Buddha Temple. The Hindu gods of the Ramayana, all dressed in royal Siamese clothing and tall gold crowns, are shown sitting together in groups on boulders...; Format: image/photograph

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...

Goddesses and musicians: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 3; The central figure resembles dancing female divinities (each called an apsaras) that were said to be created for the entertainment of the main Hindu gods. They often are recognizable from their filmy skirts and spiked crowns, although...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Inca deity in gold: A photograph of an Inca deity made of gold with turquoise accents by the pre-conquest Inca. The statue has the shape of a human wearing an elaborate headdress with large turquoise earrings (one of which is missing). The deity is holding something in his hands,...; 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

The monkey god Hanuman: In The Ramayana, page 3.1; This image of the monkey god Hanuman on a mural painted at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows him perched on one knee wearing golden royal Thai clothes. Hanuman's mouth is open and his larger-than-human teeth are visible. Hanuman has made himself gigantic and...; By Lorraine Aragon.

A family altar: In Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences, page 17; The merchant house shown here was built about 1790 at Hoi An. The style of the room decorations and the written characters on the pictures at top left indicate the ethnic Chinese background of this merchant family. Beginning hundreds of years ago, merchant...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Hanoi storefront displaying statues and other supplies for ancestral altars: This storefront in Hanoi displays a colorful variety of statues, dishes, paintings, and shrine boxes that Vietnamese families purchase to decorate their household's ancestral altars. China ruled what is now Vietnam for nearly a thousand years, heavily influencing...; Format: image/photograph

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

Flying god watching over Sita (Thai Ramayana mural): 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...; Format: image/photograph

Foundation of a diet: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 1; Wherever rice will grow in Southeast Asia, it is grown. Rice is one of the most nutritious and protein-rich grains that humans have domesticated from wild plants. Here, a woman is selling rice in an outdoor market in Hanoi. The round woven basket in front...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Sita's son is twinned: In The Ramayana, page 7.8; This mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple illustrates when Sita's son is sent to fetch water in the forest. On the right side of the frame, Sita stands in a blue-tinted forest and hands her son a bowl with which to fetch water from a nearby pond. A god, watching...; By Lorraine Aragon.

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