Imagining Rama’s Journey

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)Artista · 1760

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)Artista · 1640

King Dasharatha confers with Kaikeyi, from the “Shangri” RamayanaArtista · 1680

Feast where Vishnu decides he will incarnate as King Dasharatha’s sons, from Chapters 14–15 of the "Bala Kanda" (Book of Childhood) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)Artista · 1800

Khadgaroma, Son of RavanaArtista · 1700

Queen Kaikeyi reminds King Dasharatha about the sacrifices of King Bali and King Shivi, folio 39 from the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama's Journey)Artista · 1700

Rishyashringa addresses the courtesans, from the "Shangri" RamayanaArtista · 1680

Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso), from a Kalighat albumShri Gobinda Chandra Roy (Indian, active late 1800s) · 1875

Enthroned Rama and Sita receive homage from their monkey and bear Allies, from the Yuddha Kanda (Book of the War) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)Artista · 1755

Jatayu hinders Ravana’s chariot, trying to prevent the abduction of Sita (recto), from a Kalighat albumArtista · 1875

Rama and Sita enthroned (recto), from a Kalighat albumArtista · 1875

Rama and Sita enthroned with Lakshmana and Hanuman attending, from a Kalighat albumArtista · 1875

SugrivaArtista · 1700

Shurpanakha demands vengeance, from the "Shangri" RamayanaArtista · 1680

Battle of Ravana and Jatayu, from Chapters 50 and 51 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of Valmiki's Ramayana (Rama’s Journey); folio from the "Burnt" RamayanaArtista · 1590

Sugriva challenges his brother Vali, King of the Forest Dwellers, to a duel, folio 10 from the Kishkindha Kanda (Book of Kishkindha) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)Artista · 1690

Rama’s brothers Bharata and Shatrughna set out from Ayodhya to find Rama and Lakshmana in the forest to inform them of the death of their father Dasharatha, from Chapter 77 of the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)Artista · 1775

Hanuman with Rama and Lakshmana on his shoulders, from a Kalighat albumArtista · 1875

Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana in the forestArtista · 1825

The birth of Rama and his brothers, from Chapter 17 of the Bala Kanda (Book of Childhood) of the Adhyatma Ramayana (Rama's Journey of the Supreme Spirit) from the Brahmanda Purana (Ancient Scripture of the Cosmic Egg)Artista · 1820

Tiered Court SceneChitarman II (Indian, c. 1680–с. 1750) · 1730

Rama and Lakshmana Fighting Ravana, from a Dashavatara (Ten Incarnations [of Vishnu]) seriesArtista · 1745

Ravana addresses Sita in the garden of Lanka, from Chapters 53 and 54 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)Artista · 1720