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Ramakien gallery at Wat Phra Kaew.
Wikipedia: The gallery or Phra Rabiang (พระระเบียง) is a covered corridor, walled on one side, that surrounds the entire temple like a cloister. Murals on the gallery walls depict the entire arc of the Ramakien epic, which is based on the Indian Ramayana. This version was translated and recomposed in Thai poetic form under the supervision of Rama I himself around 1797. The story is divided into five long episodes. The murals were commissioned by Rama I to tell his version of the epic. In fact, the main decorative theme throughout the temple is the Ramakien story. The concept of righteous kingship within the epic has long been recognized within Southeast Asia and has been appropriated by many kings to equate their countries with the legendary city of Ayodhya and the titular hero Rama. The murals were erased and completely repainted by the orders of Rama III. Ever since then they have been frequently restored.
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
The grandeur of the Ayutthaya court was reflected in the royal garden which was enlivened by the scenery and landscape of waterfalls, fountains and miniature rock formations. During either auspicious or enjoyment times, there were royal command performances of music and plays in this setting, which later gave birth to the famous genre of court drama, Lakhon Nai.
Various Jatake tales, folk tales and a number of foreign classics were adapted for plays at court such as the Ramayana, Sankha-Silpchai, I-Nao and Manohra. The plays at court continued to be seen in the Rattanakosin period.
The grand pavilion in Muang Boran was specially designed and built for court performances, evidence of which may be seen in numerous ancient murals.
This is the end of my tour of Mueang Boran - thanks for tagging along and giving me such great feedback. I shall return in a couple of days with a new series of pictures
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.
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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Its believed this is foot print of Lord Sree Rama.
"Chadayamangalam" or "Jadayumangalam" is historically an important place. It's a beautiful village lying between Kilimanoor and Kottarakara, 14km away from Kilimanoor and 21km from Kottarakara. It is situated on the South East side of Kottarakkara Taluk and this place is enriched with huge Black Rocks which attracts and fascinates everyone who looks upon them.
According to the Ramayana, when demon king Ravana was on his way to Lanka on Pushpak Vimana (flying chariot) after abducting Lord Rama's wife Sita, he encountered Jatayu. On seeing Sita cry for help, Jatayu got into a fight with Demon King Ravana and collapsed on the rock after failing in his attempts to thwart Ravana's kidnapping of Sita during which he cut the bird's wings.
According to legend, Chadayamangalam, which was known as Jatayumangalam in local parlance, was the place where Jatayu fell after losing to Ravana.
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.
Prints & Downloads are available on ☛ i s t v a n d e s i g n . c o m
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.
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.
Koothu is an informal dance structure, the performances generally depict scenes from ancient epics like Ramayana, Mahabharatha and Tamil other classical epics. There are traditionally no dialogues, instead only songs. Artists are trained to sing in their own voice and in a high pitch to reach the entire crowd, since no amplification technology is used. The artists are dressed up with complex heavy costumes and have a very bright elaborated makeup. They put on towering head dresses, sparkling shoulder plates and wide colorful skirts. Traditionally this theater form has been predominately male, though in modern times more females have been included
Khmer kingdom, when powerful,covered much of what today is Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and southern Vietnam. They constructed a lot of temples which were not only worship places but official ruling sites too. This subcontinent acted as a hub in the sea trade route from India to China and through Tonle Sap river (that joins to Indian Ocean), people reached in the Khmer kingdom. They highly influenced the khmer with art and culture. The Indian culture and knowledge influenced them heavily which can be seen in these temples. You can see Ramayana, Mahabharatha, purana stories in the bas-reliefs of these temples.
Angkor was the capital of Khmer Empire in its golden period. After the era started fading, they moved their capital to Phnom Penh. No one knows the exact reason behind it, just a lot of assumptions only. These hundreds of temples were soon devoured by the jungle and for centuries, it got hidden in the forest. Now, the archaeological people are doing the restoration work on these temples.
The above photo is taken at Ta Phrom, one among those angkor temples which left as it found but cleared the jungle so people can walk around. While walking here, we get the idea how it would look like when massive structures are devoured by the jungle. We really get the feeling of walking in an ancient city and wonder how it would be when its peak time and now!
It was the film location of Angelina Julie's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and it got wide popularity through this movie. The locals call this temple as Tomb Raider temple.
Even though trees are growing out of the ruins, people wonder how this structures survived the time! Even now, it is not found out what they used to join these stones.
That lady in this photo was making the drawings of the tree on that structure.
Batu Caves is a an iconic and popular tourist attraction in Selangor.
Site of a Hindu temple and shrine, Batu Caves attracts thousands of worshippers and tourists, especially during the annual Hindu festival, Thaipusam.
A limestone outcrop located just north of Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves has three main caves featuring temples and Hindu shrines.
Its main attraction is the large statue of the Hindu God at the entrance, besides a steep 272 climb up its steps to finally view the stunning skyline of the city centre.
Monkeys frolic around the caves, and it is a popular spot for rock climbing enthusiasts. Paintings and scenes of Hindu Gods can also be seen in the Ramayana Cave.
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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.
Kumbhakarna (Sanskrit: कुम्भकर्ण, lit. pot-eared) is a named rakshasa and younger brother of Ravana in the famous Hindu Legends in the events of Ramayana. Despite his monstrous size and great appetite, he was described to be of good character and great warrior in those times, though he killed and ate many monkeys only to show his power.
From the epic Ramayana, the one about Rama, Sita and the Monkey god Hanuman and the demon Ravana, the Theyyam here recreates the War of the Gods - The Monkey Gods - Bali and Sugriva, two brothers who had a falling out over a miscommunication.
Bali or is it Sugriva, is seen here twirling high, mid air at 1/60.
As the story goes Sugriva seeks help of Rama to displace Bali from the throne of the empire. Lord Rama here has no scruples, as long as he gets help to get back his Sita from Ravana. So he assassinates Bali with a bow and arrow and lets Sugriva ascend to his throne.
Hanuman the trusted advisor of Sugriva thereafter helps Lord Rama in the rest of the story telling in Ramayana.
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