Image of Add 15296 (1) f.114r, At the top in the centre, by Indian School, (17th century)

Add 15296 (1) f.114r, At the top in the centre, Bharata and Shatrughna throw themselves...

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Image title: Add 15296 (1) f.114r, At the top in the centre, Bharata and Shatrughna throw themselves at the feet of Rama, who embraces his younger brothers and smellSitaeir heads. Rama takes them on his lap as he asks after their welfare and that of their father, and how Bharata is governing the kingdom. Bharata tells him that their father has died and that he wants Rama to return to govern his kingdom, but Rama replies that his father's commands have not altered. Rama is then supported by his two brothers and goes down to the river, followed by Laksmana and Sita (an artistic variant on the order in the text), where the three exiles perform the ritual offering of water poured on a mat of sacred kusa grass and (omitted here) of pinda balls formed of fruit pulp. They all then ascend the hill again, where they sit grieving outside the hut.
Artist: Indian School, (17th century) / Indian
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: Ramayana Udaipur, c.1653 Language: Sanskrit Source/Shelfmark: Add. 15296(1), f.114
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: river / rivers / colours / religious movements / social role / poems / dead / manuscript / topography / death / diety / religious groups / hinduism / hindu / poetry / poem / document / religious faiths / families / father / colour / water features / family / bharata / religion / hindoo / dasaratha

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