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Pictures collected from British Library
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Pictures collected from British Library
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| Title of Image: | Valmiki narrates the Ramayana |
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| Description: | Valmiki is shown narrating the entire history of Rama to his disciples. |
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| Title of Image: | Valmiki teaches the Ramayana |
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| Description: | Valmiki teaching the epic to Kusha and Lava is depicted in the foreground. The left background shows the spread of the epic to all the sages and ascetics, while the right half of the page shows Rama and Sita seated on a throne being advised by a messenger. |
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| Title of Image: | Composing the Ramayana |
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| Description: | Valmiki is shown composing and completing the epic Ramayana. The story spreads to other ascetics. |
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| Title of Image: | Killing of the Krauncha birds |
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| Description: | Upon returning to the ashrama after seeing the killing of the Krauncha birds, Valmiki goes into deep meditation. Brahma appears before him. |
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| Title of Image: | Valmiki talks with Narada |
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| Description: | Valmiki and Narada are shown in conversation of the left of the page. Rama and Sita are shown on the right. The figure of Narada has been left unfinished. |
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| Title of Image: | First chanting of the Ramayana |
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| Description: | Kusha and Lava are shown singing in front of a holy fire with Rama and assembly on the right. Valmiki, sages and disciples are on the left. |
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This panel illustrates two scenes from the epic Ramayana. The first one depicts the compassion of Valmiki with the quotation "nishada" etc. The other depicts the meeting of Rama and Guha (King of Nishadas), symbolising the meeting of the Aryan and Austric cultures. Artist--Shri K.
Sreenivasulu, Madras. | |
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| Title of Image: | Sita in Balmiki's hermitage |
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Chamba painting in
Kangra style, 1795 CE |
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| Title of Image: | Image of Harihar (Balmiki Ashram) |
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Image
installed in Balmiki Ashram in Nepal |
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