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Rama’s Brothers Bharata and Shatrughna set out from Ayodhya to find Rama and Lakshmana in the forest to inform them of the death of their father Dasharatha
1775-80
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The artist has masterfully set the somber procession against the stark white walls of the city. In the middle of the page wearing gold crowns, the two youngest brothers of the exiled hero Rama are setting out from the capital to find him, hoping to persuade him to return now that their father has died.
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- Title: Rama’s Brothers Bharata and Shatrughna set out from Ayodhya to find Rama and Lakshmana in the forest to inform them of the death of their father Dasharatha
- Date Created: 1775-80
- Physical Dimensions: Page: 24.9 x 35.7 cm (9 13/16 x 14 1/16 in.); Image: 20.5 x 31.5 cm (8 1/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.119
- Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Fun Fact: The three queens of Dasharatha are riding in the covered palanquins.
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra
- Credit Line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Collection: Indian Art
- Accession Number: 2018.119
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