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Baby Sita's gold urn carried in procession (Thai Ramayana mural): In this scene detail from a painted mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple, baby Sita's golden urn is carried to the king's palace in a royal procession. The beautifully dressed king's courtiers, carrying the closed golden urn, pass from the back to the front...; Format: image/photograph

Barge carries Rama's allies across river (Thai Ramayana mural): A simple barge carries Rama's allies across a river on the way home after they have defeated the demon king Ravana. The barge in the middle of the river, and both river shores, are covered with people accompanying Rama and Sita home to their rightful kingdom...; Format: image/photograph

Bharata boating into forest to find Rama (Thai Ramayana mural): On this mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple, Rama's brother Bharata and his comrades boat into the forest to try to find the exiled Rama after their father dies. The detail shows several long paddled canoes and a large poled platform barge. On each watercraft,...; Format: image/photograph

Brown Monkey King striding with sword (Thai Ramayana mural): In this mural from the Emerald Buddha Temple, the Brown Monkey King strides boldly with his right hand grasping his downward sword. The monkey king's head and legs are shown in profile but his torso is rotated so that his shoulders face front. The Brown Monkey...; Format: image/photograph

Close-up detail of Sita's mother in palace (Thai Ramayana mural): This close-up detail from a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows Sita's mother, wearing golden clothes and a tall Siamese crown, speaking to several palace women. In this detail taken from the left rear of the larger mural, we see the queen on a raised...; Format: image/photograph

Demon changes into a deer to lure Sita (Thai Ramayana mural): 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....; Format: image/photograph

Demon climbs over a walled palace gate (Thai Ramayana mural): A large green demon climbs over a walled gate, as depicted on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. The demon dressed in royal gold Siamese clothes plants his left foot and left hand powerfully on a stone gateway and wooden door to push them into the walled...; Format: image/photograph

Demon giant blocks river water with his body (Thai Ramayana mural): A demon giant, seen lying beyond Rama's pavillions, 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...; Format: image/photograph

Demon king Ravana offers treats to Sita (Thai Ramayana mural): The demon king Ravana offers treats to Sita as seen on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. In this palace porch room, Sita sits and turns her back to Ravana as he holds out a gift for her. Sita's head is turned back towards Ravana and she waves a stick in...; Format: image/photograph

Demon king Ravana with twenty arms (Thai Ramayana mural): This detail on a painted mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple depicts the demon king Ravana siting on a royal pavillion platform and gesturing with twenty arms (ten emerging from each shoulder). Ravana is speaking to another blue-faced demon partially seen at...; Format: image/photograph

Demon king Ravana with two wives (Thai Ramayana mural): The demon king Ravana sits on a palace platform with two of his wives, as seen on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Ravana has one arm around each wife's neck. The wives both have their right hands held to their faces, as if in grief. Another demon, perhaps...; Format: image/photograph

Demon on Lanka emerges from underground (Thai Ramayana mural): A demon on Lanka emerges from underground, as portrayed on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. 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...; Format: image/photograph

Detail of commoner family with three children (Thai Ramayana mural): This detail of a commoner family shown in a Ramayana mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple depicts parents with three children. The mother and oldest child each carry small naked children. The mother holds a crying baby in her arms, while the oldest child carries...; Format: image/photograph

Detail of eagle king Sadayu (Thai Ramayana mural): This portrait of the eagle king Sadayu is colored in white, red, and gold leaf paint on a black background at the Emerald Buddha Temple. The painting style of the bird's neck and body includes the use of nested diamond motifs while the tail is formed with...; Format: image/photograph

Detail of four-armed Hanuman fighting (Thai Ramayana mural): This detail from a painted Ramayana mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows the monkey god Hanuman perching on his arms upside down as he fights valiantly in the service of Prince Rama. Descending from a boulder, Hanuman wields swords and knives with his...; Format: image/photograph

Detail of men and boy leading two buffaloes (Thai Ramayana mural): This detail of a Ramayana mural painting at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows two men and a boy traveling with two water buffaloes. The two men lead their buffaloes past each other in opposite directions. A boy carrying a herding stick sits on top of the buffalo...; Format: image/photograph

Detail of Ravana carrying off Sita (Thai Ramayana mural): This detail on a mural painted at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows a gleeful demon king Ravana abducting Sita. The golden clad princess Sita appears to sit in Ravana's lap as he runs with her into the forest to take her home to his demon island of Lanka. Ravana's...; Format: image/photograph

Eagle king Sadayu attacks Ravana's chariot (Thai Ramayana mural): A mural painting at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows the eagle king Sadayu attacking the demon king Ravana after he kidnaps Sita. Sadayu is shown as a great green bird swooping down on the many-armed demon Ravana in his golden chariot. Sita stands at the back...; Format: image/photograph

Elephant in sea carries stone from Rama's bridge (Thai Ramayana mural): A painted mural detail from the Emerald Buddha Temple shows an elephant, perhaps one of the demon king Ravana's two elephant sons, walking in the sea carrying a large stone from Rama's bridge supported by its tusks and trunk. A brown fish jumps through a wave...; Format: image/photograph

Fish and mermaids carry stones away from Rama's bridge (Thai Ramayana mural): This mural detail from the Emerald Buddha Temple shows large fish and mermaids moving through cresting ocean waves to carry stones away from Rama's bridge. At right a merman and mermaid couple carry large stones held high over their shoulders and behind their...; Format: image/photograph

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