Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana in Exile: Scene from the Ramayama

probably Germany for the Indian market

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This scene evokes the melancholy of exile, as Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana embark on their fourteen years of wandering in the forests following their banishment from Ayodhya, before Rama’s eventual return to the capital to be crowned as the rightful ruler of the kingdom. As the model of devoted marriage tested through hardship, Rama and Sita proved a popular subject for images to be displayed in the home.

Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana in Exile: Scene from the Ramayama, Chromolithographic print on paper, probably Germany for the Indian market

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Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana in Exile: Scene from the Ramayama, Chromolithographic print on paper, probably Germany for the Indian market
Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana in Exile: Scene from the Ramayama, Chromolithographic print on paper, probably Germany for the Indian market

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