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- Kings Mountain Historical Fire Museum
- See vintage fire trucks and other fire fighting equipment at this museum in Kings Mountain.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Hanuman enlists his relatives
- In The Ramayana, page 3.3
- Seven differently colored monkeys sit on the ground with three of their crowned monkey kings in this detail from a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. The monkeys are painted in shades of blue, purple, green, brown, and black. Their three kings wearing tall...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Hanuman is rewarded
- In The Ramayana, page 6.15
- Late at night, Rama sits on an outdoor palace platform with his brother Laksman perching nearby to look over the scene. Hanuman kneels below Rama with clasped hands. The allied monkey kings sit at Hanuman's side inside a walled palace fence. The clothes and...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
- This historic trail, part of the National Trails System, tracks the route of Patriot militia men to the Battle of Kings Mountain.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Kings and gods
- In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 5
- Khmer kings promoted the idea, known as devaraja, that there was an intersection of the ruling king and a validating god, usually the Hindu god Siva. Banteay Srei, shown here, is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Siva that was built during the...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Looking down Kings River, Kings Canyon National Park, CA

- Looking down Kings River, Kings Canyon National Park, California. The park is located in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. It adjoins Sequoia National Park to the south. The parks contain enormous trees, deep canyons, and towering mountains. Elevation...
- Format: image/photograph
- Kings Mountain National Military Park
- This national park, located just over the North Carolina-South Carolina state line in Blacksburg, South Carolina, has a video in the museum/visitors center, and battlefield trails.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Two Heavenly King statues in courtyard at Emerald Buddha Temple, Bangkok

- Two of four Heavenly King guardian statues at the Emerald Buddha Temple in Bangkok are visible in a courtyard between red-tiled portico roofs. In Buddhism, four celestial kings are said to protect the cardinal directions of north, south, east, and west. These...
- Format: image/photograph
- Monkey kings and allies run through forest (Thai Ramayana mural)

- Red and green monkey kings and their multi-colored followers run through the forest during their mission to aid Rama. Like human kings, the royal monkeys wear gold Siamese clothes and jewelry. The figures' most primate-like characteristic is their matching...
- Format: image/photograph
- Patrick Ferguson monument at Kings Mountain

- A monument to Patrick Ferguson, commander of loyalist troops at the Battle of Kings Mountain during the American Revolution, October 7, 1780.
- Format: image/photograph
- 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.
- The road to Kings Canyon National Park, CA

- The road to Kings Canyon National Park, California. The park is located in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. It adjoins Sequoia National Park to the south. The parks contain enormous trees, deep canyons, and towering mountains. Elevation within the park...
- Format: image/photograph
- Vista of Kings Canyon National Park, CA

- Vista of Kings Canyon National Park, California. The park is located in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. It adjoins Sequoia National Park to the south. The parks contain enormous trees, deep canyons, and towering mountains. Elevation within the park ranges...
- Format: image/photograph
- View on the trail to Mist Falls, Kings Canyon National Park, CA

- View on the trail to Mist Falls, Kings Canyon National Park, California. The park is located in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. It adjoins Sequoia National Park to the south. The parks contain enormous trees, deep canyons, and towering mountains. Elevation...
- Format: image/photograph
- Rapids on the Mist Falls Trail, Kings Canyon National Park, CA

- Rapids on the Mist Falls Trail, Kings Canyon National Park, California. The park is located in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. It adjoins Sequoia National Park to the south. The parks contain enormous trees, deep canyons, and towering mountains. Elevation...
- Format: image/photograph
- 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.
- Laksman is wounded
- In The Ramayana, page 5.2
- In this scene, the mortally wounded Laksman lies on his side near boulders in the forest. Rama sits close beside him while the monkey kings and courtiers gather in front of them in a semi-circle. The poison spear now rests on the ground as it has been pulled...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- The Battle of Kings Mountain
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 5.3
- At the Battle of King's Mountain, fought in October 1780 in South Carolina, Patriot militias defeated Loyalists under the command of a British Army officer.
- The Ramayana
- The Hindu epic The Ramayana is retold through the mural, painting, and dance of Southeast Asia.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Traditional performing arts in Bali
- Photographs and text illustrate traditional performance in Bali, including music, theater, and dance.
- Format: slideshow (multiple pages)