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34 22k gold necklace decorated with<br />

enamelled finials and a centre pendant,<br />

depicting Rama and Sita with the<br />

monkey god Hanuma. Ram or Rama<br />

is the seventh appearance of Vishnu.<br />

His consort is Sita. In this shape he<br />

descended to earth to save the world<br />

from the oppression of Ravana, the<br />

ten-headed king of demons. This story<br />

is told in the epic poem the Ramayana.<br />

They are the main characters.<br />

Rajasthan, Bikaner 19 th century

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