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Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana visit the hermitage of the sage Bharadvaja at Prayaga, from Chapter 48 of the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) 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, Sita, and Lakshmana visit the hermitage of the sage Bharadvaja at Prayaga, from Chapter 48 of the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

c. 1650

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?–1967

Motichand Khajanchi Collection, Bikaner, Rajasthan

1967–2018

Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection

2018–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Motichand Khajanchi Collection, Bikaner, Rajasthan Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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

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In a scene from their exile in the forest, the royal party arrives at the hermitage of a sage who greets him with folded hands. The blue Rama, his wife Sita, and his brother Lakshmana bow slightly in respect to the sage. The hermitage appears luxurious, with floral ornament inlaid in marble, bottles in niches, and an entrance similar to Mughal viewing windows.

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