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| Keywords: Vali dying.jpg en The Death of Valin and Tara's Discourse Page from a dispersed series of the Ramayana Made in Himchal Pradesh India or Jammu and Kashmir India c 1720 Artist/maker unknown India Himachal Pradesh or Jammu and Kashmir Opaque watercolor gold and silver-colored paint on paper 8 1/4 x 12 1/8 inches 21 x 30 8 cm 2004-149-30 Alvin O Bellak Collection 2004 Label This scene from the Ramayana series is the climax of the struggle for rule of the monkey kingdom Rama confronts Sugriva's brother Valin the legitimate king of the monkeys and kills him This painting depicts the moment after the fight when Valin lies dying in the arms of his wife Tara Their son Angada grasps his father's feet and Hanuman the monkey general kneels nearby Sugriva now mourning his brother and feeling intense guilt at his role in the death stands to the side He talks with Rama and Lakshmana who wear leaf garments to show they still live in forest exile The long text on the reverse of the page recounts Tara's lament that Rama born to uphold world order has sinned against it in his unjust murder of her husband http //www philamuseum org/collections/permanent/35721 html mulR 733 Author ~ 1720 PD-art Death of Vali Vanara 18th-century watercolor paintings from India Watercolor paintings of people of India Mourning Sugriva Tara Ramayana Angada 1720s paintings from India | ||||
