Rama and Lakshmana slay the demon giant Viradha, from Chapters 2 through 4 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

The Cleveland Museum of Art · Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund

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Rama and Lakshmana slay the demon giant Viradha, from Chapters 2 through 4 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

c. 1770

Medium: gum tempera and gold on paper
Dimensions: Overall: 21 x 29.8 cm (8 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.); Painting: 19 x 28 cm (7 1/2 x 11 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: Indian Art
Origin: Central India, Bundelkhand Region, Madhya Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Datia
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund

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Provenance

Public

Provenance event

Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY

Provenance event

Terence McInerney

May 1981

(Sotheby’s, Parke-Bernet, New York, NY, May 1981 sale, lot 18, sold to Ralph and Catherine Benkaim)

1981–2018

Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection

2018–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY Terence McInerney (Sotheby’s, Parke-Bernet, New York, NY, May 1981 sale, lot 18, sold to Ralph and Catherine Benkaim) Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

Public

Imagining Rama’s Journey

Source exhibition text

Imagining Rama’s Journey. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-September 17, 2023).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

Viradha was once a celestial musician named Tumburu, who was cursed by Kubera, guardian king and god of wealth, to turn into a demon until he was killed by Rama. During their exile, when the hero Rama, his brother Lakshmana, and wife Sita were venturing in the Dandaka Forest, the demon appeared in front of the divine party and abducted Sita. Rama and Lakshmana slayed the demon and rescued Sita, and Viradha was freed from his curse.

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