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The Ramayana
The Hindu epic The Ramayana is retold through the mural, painting, and dance of Southeast Asia.
Format: book (multiple pages)
Into the countryside
In The Ramayana, page 7.2
Emerald Buddha Temple mural painting of a landscape with mountains, trees, fields, and river. Boulders and small mountains rest in the center of the scene, while a river, rectangular crop fields, and more mountains are visible in the background. Leafy trees...
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.
Rama's army marches on Lanka
In The Ramayana, page 4.6
In this mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple, Rama's officers ride on horses and wear the most colorful and elaborate clothes. One carries a triangular flag. Foot soldiers carrying swords and lances are dressed uniformly in red shirts with blue cloths wrapped...
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.
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.
The Garuda king
In The Ramayana, page 5.11
The bird-headed Garuda king swoops down and grips three wriggling green serpents in its claws. The front of the Garuda king is brown while his crown, wings, and tail feathers are painted in gold leaf.
By Lorraine Aragon.
Serpents attack Rama's troops
In The Ramayana, page 5.9
Rama's monkey allies struggle but many lay strewn on the ground, tangled in snakes. Towards the top left corner, the green-skinned Rama sits beside Laksman who is lying bound by a serpent.
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.
An underground demon
In The Ramayana, page 4.14
This dark and fierce demon, whose top half is seen as if from above, has small tusks and curly hair. He is wearing a gold headdress and arm bands as he pushes the crust of the earth upward. The image is from a mural in the Emerald Buddha Temple.
By Lorraine Aragon.
Hanuman tries to stop the sun
In The Ramayana, page 5.3
A two-faced and eight-armed Hanuman is flying out of the clouds to grab the outer rings of a gold, red, and green sun. The sun is shown here as a nested set of colored concentric circles. A mountain and forest scene is visible below.
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.
Hanuman crushes Ravana's soul container
In The Ramayana, page 6.8
Balancing on his right leg, Hanuman grips the wooden cylinder with both hands and his left foot. Hanuman's face looks to the right side of the frame with his mouth wide open in triumph. Hanuman is dressed in gold pants and jewelry with a red waistband, whose...
By Lorraine Aragon.
A demon giant blocks the way
In The Ramayana, page 5.5
A demon giant, seen lying beyond Rama's pavilions, blocks the river's water with his body. The fanged demon lies on his side on the ground while holding his huge sword in his right hand. Rama's group is visible in the foreground as they wait in a Siamese-style...
By Lorraine Aragon.
A demon army attacks Rama
In The Ramayana, page 2.14
Standing gracefully on one foot, Prince Rama (at left) shoots an arrow at a group of demons sent by Ravana, as painted on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. The demons, depicted in varied animal-like forms, crowd around their elephant mount.
By Lorraine Aragon.
A golden deer
In The Ramayana, page 2.7
A two image sequence on a mural painted at the Emerald Buddha Temple depicts a demon's intentional transformation into a deer. In the top image, his legs have turned into those of a golden deer. In the lower image, the demon is fully changed into the deer....
By Lorraine Aragon.
Ravana prepares a poison spear
In The Ramayana, page 5.1
Dressed in royal gold attire, the demon king Ravana sits in a luxurious crimson and blue T-shaped pavillion as he prepares a poisoned spear to fight Rama's army. Bowls of food and drink sit nearby for Ravana's comfort. Below the platform walking on the right...
By Lorraine Aragon.
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.
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.
Peace returns to the earth
In The Ramayana, page 7.15
Women pick fruit in a fertile garden, as painted on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Four women move contentedly around a lush landscape with colorful flowers and ripe fruit growing around boulders. A woman on the right reaches over a boulder to pick...
By Lorraine Aragon.