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Sita's fire ordeal
In The Ramayana, page 6.11
Rama and his court watch Sita during the fire ordeal, as seen on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. 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...
By Lorraine Aragon.
Sita undergoes fire ordeal (Thai Ramayana mural)
Sita undergoes fire ordeal (Thai Ramayana mural)
Sita undergoes a fire ordeal, as seen on a Ramayana mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. In this depiction, Sita appears to float and dance unharmed above a large outdoor bonfire. Figures of human and monkey kings, including Hanuman, stand on both sides of...
Format: image/photograph
Rama and his court watch Sita undergoing fire ordeal (Thai Ramayana mural)
Rama and his court watch Sita undergoing fire ordeal (Thai Ramayana mural)
Rama and his court watch Sita during the fire ordeal, as seen on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. 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...
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)
John White searches for the colonists
In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 4.6
In this excerpt from the report of his voyage, John White explains how he and the crew of two ships searched for the lost colonists on Roanoke Island but could not find them.
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