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Hanuman spies Sita in the Ashoka Grove, from the “Shangri” Ramayana

c. 1700–25

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh

Medium
Gum tempera and ink on paper
Measurements
Page: 21 x 31.6 cm (8 1/4 x 12 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Sundry Art - Miscellaneous Fund 2025.8
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After her abduction, Sita is imprisoned in a garden on the island of Lanka. Female guards appointed by her captor, the demon Ravana, surround her and jeer as she crouches on a step. The monkey in the tree above her is the hero Hanuman, a loyal friend to her husband Rama. He shrank to disguise himself and gives her a message: now that he has found her, he will bring Rama and their armies to rescue her.

Hanuman spies Sita in the Ashoka Grove, from the “Shangri” Ramayana

c. 1700–25

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh

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