Sita and the Golden Deer by Ravi Varma Press Print (18×24) spiritual feminine energy emphasizing Rama’s status as the

emphasizing Rama’s status as the righteous king of Ayodhya - an era remembered as Rama Rajya

playful complaint

India | 1883Chromolithograph

and golds typical of late-19th-century Indian chromolithographs

Rarely does a single artwork unite named artist

Sita and the Golden Deer by Ravi Varma Press Print (18×24) spiritual feminine energy emphasizing Rama’s status as theFine Art Reproduction Print (Museum Grade Archival Print) Artist Date Raja Ravi Varma Press circa 1910s Oleograph on Paper Maharashtra Key Features This luminously composed and narratively charged work presents Sita Longing for the Golden Deer the pivotal moment in the Ramayana when Maricha, the demon shapeshifter dispatched by Ravana, appears in the form of a golden deer at the edge of the forest cottage, and Sita enchanted by its impossible beauty