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The interiors of the Hazaara Rama Temple which is dated to 14th-15th century CE. This temple is known for its wall freizes from Ramayana and episodes from Bhagavata.
It is considered a Thai tradition to build public places such as temples and Thai Sala (pavilion) in a community.Fumctioning as a public center,they are used inBuddhist merit-making ceremonies and other social activities.The structures,finely constructed,not only illusttate the well-to-do status of the community but alps show the generosity of the person who intends to build the places for public use. Ramayana is very popular literature among southeast Asian countries because it tells of the story that praises the supremacy of the king who,in everyday people ‘s viewpoint,performs like the god bringing peace to the world community The five grand open sala at Miami Boran were built in a pond used as either a public summer house or religious ceremonial center.Ramayana pavilion (sala of Ramayana) is named after the story of the murals painted inside the sala
Ramayana or the Tale of Rama is an ancient Indian epic telling the story of the migration of the Arayan people into the Gangetic Plain of northern India. A hermit, named Valmiki, who composed the epic in Sanskrit verse. The epic is called, Ramayana.
Ramayana came to Siam many hundreds of years ago. The Thai version of Ramayana is known as the Ramakien. The original Ayutthaya version was entirely destroyed in 1767 A.D. by Burmese soldiers. A new version was composed by the King Rama I and the court poets.
Ramayana story. The battle of Rama, Prangsorn. Thailand Dancing in masked perform a Thai traditional masked ballet (Khon). Thai culture dancing art in masked khon.
Ramayana or the Tale of Rama is an ancient Indian epic telling the story of the migration of the Arayan people into the Gangetic Plain of northern India. A hermit, named Valmiki, who composed the epic in Sanskrit verse. The epic is called, Ramayana.
Ramayana came to Siam many hundreds of years ago. The Thai version of Ramayana is known as the Ramakien. The original Ayutthaya version was entirely destroyed in 1767 A.D. by Burmese soldiers. A new version was composed by the King Rama I and the court poets.
Ramayana or the Tale of Rama is an ancient Indian epic telling the story of the migration of the Arayan people into the Gangetic Plain of northern India. A hermit, named Valmiki, who composed the epic in Sanskrit verse. The epic is called, Ramayana.
Ramayana came to Siam many hundreds of years ago. The Thai version of Ramayana is known as the Ramakien. The original Ayutthaya version was entirely destroyed in 1767 A.D. by Burmese soldiers. A new version was composed by the King Rama I and the court poets.
The test of Sita's purity in the Ramayana story is Agni Pariksha, which is a fire test to prove her purity. This test was carried out because Rama doubted Sita's purity after being held captive by Ravana.
Sita is the beloved wife of Rama and the daughter of king Janaka. Ram went to Janakpurdham, current city of Janakpur, Nepal, and got a chance to marry her by lifting a heavy Bow in a competition organized by King Janaka. The competition was to find the most suitable husband for Sita and many princes from different states competed to win her. Sita is the avatar of Goddess Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu. Sita is portrayed as the epitome of female purity and virtue. She follows her husband into exile and is abducted by Ravana. She is imprisoned on the island of Lanka until Rama rescues her by defeating the demon king Ravana. Later, she gives birth to Lava and Kusha, the heirs of Rama.
Kailasa Temple was meant to serve as Lord Shiva's, "Himalayan abode." Furthermore, the entire temple was carved out of a single piece of rock.
Gajah Mina: A hybrid creature drawing from local legends—part elephant, part aquatic being—seen in tattoos and sculptures across Bali.
Mina means an elephant-fish, a mythical creature.
These statues are carved from limestone and feature gold-painted accents, positioned as decorative guardians or road markers.
I saw it walking along the beach in Seminyak, Bali, Indonesia.
It is considered a Thai tradition to build public places such as temples and Thai Sala (pavilion) in a community. Functioning as a public center, they are used in Buddhist merit-making ceremonies and other social activities. The five grand open sala at Muang Boran were built in a pond used as either a public summer house or religious ceremonial center. Ramayana pavilion (sala of Ramayana) is named after the story of the murals painted inside the sala.
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A young Bali female dancer is performing the Ramayana dance in a temple of Bali, in Indonesia. [IMG_9593]
Ramayana or the Tale of Rama is an ancient Indian epic telling the story of the migration of the Arayan people into the Gangetic Plain of northern India. A hermit, named Valmiki, who composed the epic in Sanskrit verse. The epic is called, Ramayana.
Ramayana came to Siam many hundreds of years ago. The Thai version of Ramayana is known as the Ramakien. The original Ayutthaya version was entirely destroyed in 1767 A.D. by Burmese soldiers. A new version was composed by the King Rama I and the court poets.
III Das Ramayana Ballett im Tempel von Prambanan erzählt das indische Epos von Prinz Rama, der seine geliebte Frau Sita aus den Fängen des Königs Ravana befreien muss.
Ramayana or the Tale of Rama is an ancient Indian epic telling the story of the migration of the Arayan people into the Gangetic Plain of northern India. A hermit, named Valmiki, who composed the epic in Sanskrit verse. The epic is called, Ramayana.
Ramayana came to Siam many hundreds of years ago. The Thai version of Ramayana is known as the Ramakien. The original Ayutthaya version was entirely destroyed in 1767 A.D. by Burmese soldiers. A new version was composed by the King Rama I and the court poets.
Kecak dancers reenact a story from the Ramayana, an ancient Sanskrit epic as old (if not older) as the Bible. Kecak is a Balinese Hindu musical drama that tells the story of Prince Rama’s quest to rescue his beloved wife Sita from the clutches of the demon Ravana with the help of an army of monkeys. The dance is performed by a group of men forming concentric circles surrounding the principal characters who act out the story. The men continuously chant the words ke-chak ke-chak ke-chak in coordinated harmony and beat while they rock their bodies left to right and raise their hands trembling into the air. One individual in the group is responsible for maintaining the beat of the chant as he chants “po-po-po-po.” The dance takes on an almost rhythmic trancelike quality at times as the story is played out, and you feel as though you've been transported back in time to an ancient kingdom as you watch this spectacle unfold in front of you.
King Janak holds a competition to see who will marry his daughter, the princess Sita. The contestants are asked to wield a heavy bow. While others cannot even lift it, Rama manages to break the bow in two. As the winner, he gets to marry the princess. He’s also supposed to take the throne, but his evil mother-in-law wants her son Bharata to rule. As a result, Rama is exiled to the forest for 14 years. Sita joins him, as does his brother Lakshmana.
When the evil King Ravana hears of Sita’s beauty, he decides he must have her. He orders one of his followers to morph into a golden deer to attract the princess. When she sees the deer, she sends Rama off to hunt it. Rama chases down the deer and shoots it, but it changes into a mighty beast which he must battle. Sita hears the calls of Rama, and sends Lakshmana off to find him. While he’s gone, he draws a magic circle around her to protect her – as long as she stays in the circle, she is safe. Realizing he cannot kidnap her in the circle, Ravana hatches a clever plot. He changes into an old beggar, and as soon as she steps out of the circle to help the poor old man, Sita is abducted.
On the way back to his kingdom, Ravana runs into the bird Jatayu. They engage in battle and Ravana leaves the bird severely wounded. Eventually Rama and Lakshmana find the bird, who informs them Sita has been kidnapped by Ravana.
A white monkey named Hanuman is sent by his uncle Sugriva to kill Vali, a man who has taken his beloved wife. With Rama’s help, Sugriva is able to kill Vali. As a token of his appreciation, he sends Hanuman to search for Sinta. When he finds her in Ravana’s kingdom, Hanuman assures her that Rama will come to her rescue. Unfortunately for Hanuman, he is kidnapped and set to be burned alive. With his tail on fire, the monkey hops from house to house and sets fire to the kingdom. He returns to tell Rama of his wife’s whereabouts.
Rama and his ape troops construct a bridge to reach the kingdom where Sita is being held. They cross the bridge to attack, and a huge battle breaks out. It’s a brutal war, which eventually ends with Ravana being shot down by Rama’s arrow.
He is reunited with his wife, but he does not believe she is pure and refuses to accept her. To prove her purity, Sita steps into the fire to burn herself. She is saved by the God of Fire, and this proof satisfies Rama who accepts her. And they all live happily ever after…
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In its homeland, India, the Ramayana has been known for 3.000 years. With the spread of Indian religions and the culture through Southeast Asia, the Ramayana became part of the mythology of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, the Malay peninsula and especially Java and Bali. The epic is long and complex
Kakawin Ramayana is an Old Javanese rendering of the Sanskrit Ramayana in kakawin meter.
he Javanese Ramayana differs markedly from the original Hindu prototype. The first half of this Ramayana Jawa is similar to the original Sanskrit version, while the latter half is divergent to the point of being unrecognizable by Indian scholars of the original Ramayana. One of the many major changes is the inclusion of the all-powerful Javanese indigenous deity dhayana Guardian God of Java Semar (in Balinese literature known as Twalen) and his misshapen sons, Gareng, Petruk, and Bagong who make up the numerically significant four Punokawan or "clown servants". This latter, altered half of the original tale is the most popular, and it is performed in all wayang performances
It is believed to have been written in Central Java (modern Indonesia) in approximately 870 AD during the era of Medang Kingdom under the reign of Mpu Sindok Kakawin Rāmâyaṇa is a kakawin, the Javanese form of kāvya, a poem modeled on traditional Sanskrit meters.
Among the Javanese, Kakawin Ramayana has always been considered the pinnacle of artistic expression. The large number of preserved manuscripts attest to it popularity and adaptation. It is the lengthiest of all the Old Javanese kakawins of the Hindu-Buddhist period of Java.
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Ramayana Ballet performance became a famous attraction of the tourist object in Yogyakarta. The Performance tells about love story between Rama and Shinta againts Rahwana, besides the loyalty and the brave act of Hanuman.
In the Ramayana, Ravana kidnaps Rama's wife Sita to exact vengeance on Rama and his brother Lakshmana for having cut off the ears and nose of his sister Shurpanakha. Ravana is worshipped by Hindus in some parts of India, Sri Lanka and Bali (Indonesia.) He is considered to be the most revered devotee of Shiva.
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A caption of the traditional Ramayana Dance. Beautiful costumes, drama story, a very typical folk Balinese dance. Performance held in the Water Palace in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
Just near Batu Caves, you will walk pass through Ramayana Cave at Gombak Station. Batu Caves has the Golden Statue while Ramayana has the remarkable Green Statue.
Laso Known as Sita Goddess - is the central female character of the Hindu epic Ramayana.She is the consort of the Hindu god Rama (avatar of Vishnu) and is an avatar of Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and wife of Vishnu.