Favourite Personality In Ramayana

Throughout most of Southeast Asia, people have been buried in the fields where they lived and worked. It is common to see large stone monuments in the middle of a pasture of cows or water buffalo.

Located at the Horyu-ji temple, the Shaka Triad, also known as the Shaka Trinity, stands 3.82 meters high from the base of the pedestal to the tip of the mandorla. The stature was created out of gilded bronze in several pieces before being put together, and consists of the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni, bordered by two bodhisattvas. Each bodhisattva is 0.91 m high, while the central figure, measures out to be 0.86 m. The three figures are situated on a wooden pedestal, backed by a bronze mandorla, decorated with smaller seated Buddha’s cast in relief. The sculpture has been beautifully preserved, although the gilding on the bodhisattvas has become slightly blackened.

In the Ramayana by Valmiki, Dasharatha is the King of Ayodhya and has three wives and four sons, Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna. Rama is the ideal and perfect son, and grows up with his brothers. He marries a woman name Sita. However, Bharata's mother is Kaikeyi, who resents Rama being crown king. She calls up a debt that Dasharatha owes her and asks for Rama to be exiled for fourteen years and her son Bharata be made crown prince instead. The devastated Dasharatha has no choice and Rama prepares to leave for exile. Sita and Lakshmana will not leave his side and follow him into the forest. While in the forest, Surpanakha becomes in love with Rama and is wounded by Lakshmana while trying to kill Sita. She

Sunjata also did not have the ability to walk in the beginning of the story. In the Ramayana, culture believes Rama is portrayed as the human version of the God, Vishnu. Rama is strong in physical appearance and perfect. “His chest, his wrists and fists are

the ancient Tikal temple but the temple I have presented is between the third to twentieth one

That event marked the beginning of a long construction process. Work on the temple stretched from years to decades until finally, 40 years after it was begun, the temple was completed and dedicated on 6 April 1893” (Abanes, 2003).

Vishnu is also related with the west which now makes Angkor Wat accepted to serve as a temple and a mausoleum for Suryavarman II. This monument is also famous for having over 3,000 charming apsaras (nymphs) carved into the walls. Even though there are over 3,000 each one of these are unique and there are 37 different hairstyle on each. Unfortunately, many of these apsaras were damaged while trying to clean the temples with certain chemicals. The German Apsara Conservation project is still restoring them as much as possible. (Source C).

You all must be aware of the epic tale of Ramayana that begins as Lord Rama was exiled to a forest for 14 years with his dear wife, Sita and brother Laxman. To get to the main point straight away, Sita, the epitome of grace and beauty was abducted by the main antagonist of the Ramayana written by Valmiki- Raavan. My mention on Valmiki as the writer is on purpose because it was according to him that Raavan was termed as the villain but in reality,

Enthroned Jina, Probably Neminatha and Seated Shakyamuni are two individual statues that are displayed in the Metropolitan Museum. Both pieces were created in India several centuries ago. Enthroned Jina is a copper alloy sculpture that was created in the late 7th century in Gujarat and stands 13.74” tall and 11.24” wide. Seated Shakyamuni is a bronze statue that was created in the 9th century under the ancient kingdom of Kashmir, and this piece is 6 ⅝” x 3” in size. Both statues display important figures from the religions of Jainism and Buddhism; Enthroned Jina is assumed to be displaying the jina Neminatha and Seated Shakyamuni is displaying the Buddha. Both of these pieces are very similar in appearance as they came from similar regions and time periods, however, there are distinct differences between the statues which indicate how the religious traditions of Jainism and Buddhism diverge in beliefs.

The archives found in the area depicts that the people of the Ur district worshiped many Gods. However, it can be deduced that the major God that the people of Ur worshiped was the Nanna or the Moon God. As mentioned above, the city of Ur was divided into two areas, namely, common district and the sacred place. The sacred place has a large monument or massive brickwork which is called the temple of Sin or the god of the moon. This monument was erected by the king of Ur about 4000 years ago. The temple was made in a series of platforms, one platform on top of another. The people of Ur assumed that the God lived at the third platform. In the common district, there were a large number of marketplaces, schools, libraries, homes and conveniences.

The epic story of Rama and Sita, as portrayed by Valmiki’s Ramayana and the modern day film Sita sings the Blues are two different versions of the same story which contain several contrasts as well as similarities. The Ramayana is the ancient version which was written by a sage named Valmiki in 550 B.C.E, featuring a love story between an ideal prince and an ideal woman. It outlines the adventures of Rama in his journey to find his abducted wife Sita. Rama is portrayed as an avatar, being the eighth incarnation of one of the Hindu gods Vishnu, while Sita is representing Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of light. The modern day version of the Ramayana is seen in Sita Sings the Blues, where the animator Nina Paley is relating her love story to that of Sita’s predicament. This paper will compare and contrast the epic story of Valmiki’s Ramayana and Sita Sings the Blues in the quest for power, honor, faithfulness and the conflict between good and evil.

Influenced by Indian artistic tradition, the religious temple complex consists of a Kalan encompassed by several smaller shrines, auxiliary buildings and low walls. A gate tower opposite the Kalan is built to orientate in the east-west direction. In front of the gate tower stands a Mandapa, a preparatory hall where sacred songs and dances were performed as prayers and offerings before proceeding into the Kalan for the actual ritual. In addition, a fire tower, where objects of worship were stored, is positioned right in front of the Kalan. This brick structure with a boat shaped roof, along with one or two rooms and a main door is built to face north, the direction of the god of fortune, Kuvera. It symbolizes treasury and prosperity of the realm, where the sacred flame Agni was kept while performing rituals. The Kalan, built to represent the sacred mountain of Meru and to symbolize the center of the universe, is the most important edifice where it is believed to house the god’s very place of residence. Smaller shrines and low walls signify the

Heroism and the concept of a hero have been subject to many changes, especially with respect to changes over time and in terms of how heroism is viewed by different cultures. The thing being explored in this chapter, primarily through the analysis of major heroic archetypes and characters, is how the ancient Indian heroic society takes the ideas of heroism, with specific focus on the epic poem ‘The Ramayana’. Along with the examining of the major characterstics of heroic archetypes, specifically the hero who works with a partner or companion, the hero who works alone and the figure of the hero who plays a background role in the context of the epic, there will also be a brief focus on the importance of the ability of

The Ramayana also depicted the love and care of Lord Rama for his wife and the obstacles he willingly faced to save her from the clutches of Ravana but over the years, these acts have failed to acquire the status of obligations of a husband and have been reduced to insignificant details of the great text (Anand). In the Ramayana Rama portrays his wife as the ideal Hindu woman beautiful chaste and aware of her duties loyally to

Rama is upset to discover Sita's disappearance and he and Lakshmana head out to find her. On their travels through the forests they meet Sugreeva and Hanuman. Hanuman and Sugreeva promise to help Rama in his search for Sita. Sugreeva and Hanuman organizes a huge army of their own people. They cannot find her and Rama becomes so discouraged he thinks of suicide. Until Hanuman finds out he can be any size he wants so he travels to Lanka. There he talks to Sita but on his way out is caught by Ravana. Hanuman becomes big again and destroys Ravana's city.