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Reading Visuals – Gulammohammed Sheikh Wives of Dasharatha giving birth, eighteenth century (?) Mattancheri palace, Cochin. Jatayu & Ravana, from Chitrakathi, Maharashtra, early twentieth century, courtesy Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Pune. 25
26 Monkeys and Bears fighting/carousing in the Madhuvana grove, ascribed to Pandit Seu, c. 1720, courtesy Museum Rietberg, Zurich. the eyes of the fake sadhu abducting Sita, whereas in the Andhra version the wounded bird falls as the demon rushes past. In all these versions, Jatayu remains unforgettable. There are two registers of mourning and cremation in the Andhra Ramayana. In the upper half, pathos gets accentuated in the darkened drawing of weeping wives of Ravana as they fall in a heap over his body slipping from their grasp. In the lower register red flames and vapours rising from the body upon the pyre appear to singe its borders. In the Mewar folio, cremation is consigned to one of the three registers. On the upper horizontal band in scorching yellow, preparations for the cremation are afoot with monkeys carrying firewood etc, while in the left bottom space, Rama converses with an assembly of men and monkeys led by Vibhishana
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