AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAMAYANA SERIES: HANUMAN BRINGS A MOUNTAIN FROM THE HIMALAYAS TO THE INJURED LAKSHMANA

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR, CIRCA 1825

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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAMAYANA SERIES: HANUMAN BRINGS A MOUNTAIN FROM THE HIMALAYAS TO THE INJURED LAKSHMANA
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR, CIRCA 1825
Image 9 7/8 x 16 3/8 in. (25.2 x 41.5 cm.); Folio 15 1/8 x 21 ½ in. (38.4 x 54.7 cm.)

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Depicted in the present illustration is the attack on Ravana’s palace whereby Lakshmana was injured by prince Indrajit. Hanuman is shown transporting an entire mountain from the Himalayas in order to procure a curing herb for him.

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