Rama sending his signet-ring to Sita grenadier 'Les divertissements de la lotterie'

'Les divertissements de la lotterie'

25th July 1986

In the centre Queen Victoria and the Duke of Wellington exercise on horseback

Plate 8 from the book Icones rerum naturalium

Rama sending his signet-ring to Sita grenadier 'Les divertissements de la lotterie'Rama sending his signet ring to Sita, 1913. A scene from the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Hamuman, the greatest of the vanaras, a monkey race, prepares to go in search of Rama's wife, Sita, who has been abducted by the evil Ravana. Upon finding her, he gives Sita Rama's ring as a sign of good faith. Illustration from Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita and Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1st edition, 1913. From a private collection.