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Catherine Palace: This photograph of Catherine Palace was taken from its gardens and looks at the south side of the building which is painted light blue and white. A group of tourists stand at the entrance to the Palace. Graceful statues are located throughout the gardens.; Format: image/photograph

The City Palace in Jaipur, India: This is the City Palace in Jaipur, India. The building is four stories tall and is painted a dull salmon pink. Each window is topped with an arch, as are the doors. The middle of the building rises to make a taller, arched entryway with small domes on either...; 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

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.

The demon king: In The Ramayana, page 2.5; 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 a relative...; By Lorraine Aragon.

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

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

The family united: In The Ramayana, page 7.14; Sita's two sons are received by Rama at palace, as seen in a mural detail at the Emerald Buddha temple. Two small green-skinned boys kneel in prayer position beside two adults on a blue rug at the base of an ornately carved palace platform. Five monkey kings...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Fleeing the city: In The Ramayana, page 3.12; Crowds of people flee out a gate from the white wall around Ravana's burning city on this mural detail at the Emerald Buddha Temple. These figures, mostly men, are painted in commoners' wrapped sarongs or loincloths and they have a wide variety of skin colors...; By Lorraine Aragon.

A giant demon: In The Ramayana, page 4.15; 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 compound. The demon wears a tall headdress, sarong, and jewelry painted in gold leaf, and he holds...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Gold palace where Rama was to reign (Thai Ramayana mural): This detail image on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows the gold palace where Rama's father announced that Rama would reign. Like many examples of classical Southeast Asian architecture, the palace has a series of ascending tiered roofs and columned...; Format: image/photograph

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.

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.

Hanuman learns how to kill Ravana from his brother Bhibek (Thai Ramayana mural): Hanuman learns how to kill Ravana from his demon brother Bhibek, as depicted on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Within an elevated pavillion, adorned with gold leaf, Hanuman kneels at the feet of a crowned demon. The demon gestures forward with his extended...; Format: image/photograph

Hanuman learns Ravana's secret: In The Ramayana, page 6.4; Within an elevated pavillion, adorned with gold leaf, Hanuman kneels at the feet of a crowned demon. The demon gestures forward with his extended left arm, telling Hanuman how to proceed. Readers of the Harry Potter books will recognize a parallel plot device...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Hanuman looks for Sita in Ravana's bedroom (Thai Ramayana mural): After looking for Sita in many rooms of Ravana's palace, Hanuman reaches Ravana's bedroom in this scene painted at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Once again, Sita is not there. Ravana is sleeping with one of his own wives. Hanuman stands quietly behind the sleeping...; Format: image/photograph

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