Rama and Sita (Sri Ram Sita)

The painting represents a scene from the Sanskrit epic, the Ramayana (Story of Rama). Ravana, the demon king of Lanka, wants to abduct Sita, the wife of Rama, who is the seventh av...

In this drawing, Rama and his wife, Sita, sit on a covered platform. Rama has a quiver on his back and holds a bow and arrow. Behind Rama and Sita is Rama’s brother, Lakshmana, who...

This painting depicts the blue-skinned Rama, the seventh avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, alongside his wife, Sita, seated on a throne. His brother, Lakshmana, who has dedicated his...

Both sides of this vase depict an episode from the story of Medea, the daughter of Aeetes, king of Colchis (in modern-day Georgia). When the Greek hero Jason came with the Argonaut...

In this drawing, two birds pull a boat leftward. Standing at the front of the boat is the Hindu monkey god Hanuman. Rama, the eighth avatar of Vishnu, is seated at the center of th...

The three registers of the painting depict scenes associated with the Saranga Ragini. In the center register, is the core iconographic feature of the Saranga Ragini: a lady listeni...

A young Raja Ram Singh (b. 1861-1899) is depicted at the center of the image. He wears a red and gold turban with a large plume and an elaborate turban ornament (sarpech) that is s...

This painting depicts blue-skinned Hindu god Krishna’s subjugation of the serpent king Kaliya in the waters of River Yamuna. Kaliya wreaked havoc on the town of Vrindavan, poisonin...