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)

The image depicts a painting of Ravana addressing Sita in a garden. The scene features a large yellow building with a flat roof on the left, and a yellow wall in the foreground. A group of people are standing outside the wall on the right. The building has a covered area with Ravana sitting on a patterned cloth, wearing a crown and green clothing. He has a blue attendant to his right and another figure to his left; this one wears red and white and has a large nose. On the right side of the image, Sita is seated on the grass under a tree with several other people around her. One man approaches her; he wears a yellow outfit with blue accents and a crown. A woman in red and a blue-clad man with a sword stand behind him. The background shows a blue sky, trees, and a hill.

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Dimensions: 900 × 641 px
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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)

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