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Sita was the wife of Rama, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu
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[Original caption] Sita, when captured by Ravan, the king of Lanka, was carried and kept in a forest named "Ashok-van" by him, and he ordered demons to watch her. This picture represents that Sita sat thinking under a tree. [end]
This image is from a painting by Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906), one of India's finest early painters and through his Press, one of the most important publishers of early calendar art in the country. |
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