Title

Rama and Sita are carried in the beak of Jatayu. Jatayu was the king of vultures and a devotee of Rama. When Ravana abducted Sita and sped away in his flying chariot

Caption

Rama and Sita are carried in the beak of Jatayu. Jatayu was the king of vultures and a devotee of Rama. When Ravana abducted Sita and sped away in his flying chariot, Jatayu engaged him in a dogfight to rescue her. Unfortunately, Jatayu was mortally wounded by Ravana and survived only long enough to tell Rama of Sita's fate, 1890, East India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat Temple, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Date

Sep 19, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK23F30_456

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

26,3Mb (1,7Mb) / 8,0in x 12,7in / 2410 x 3820 (300dpi)

Keywords

1900s 19th century 19th-century Accipitridae Asian Asiatic Aves Believer Believers Bengal Bird Birds Calcutta Faithful God Gods Hindi Hindu temple Hindu temples Hinduism Hinduist Historic illustration Historic illustrations Historical illustration Horse-drawn wagon Kolkata No People Rama Ravan Ravana Sita Vulture Vultures West Bengal Wildlife animal animals animals in the wild beak belief believer black black and white black-and-white black-white building buildings chariot chariotry chariots colouring construction copy demon demons depiction depictions deserted devotee devout digital digitally drawn empty fairy tale fairy tales faith fantasy flight flights fly flying former formerly historic historical history horse carriage horse cart horse-drawn carriage horse-drawn cart horse-drawn carts illustration illustrations image image motif imagination in a flight in flight in the air in the beak in the sky ingestion king kings legend legendary legends long mid air motif myth mythical creature mythical creatures mythologies mythology myths nineteenth century no one nobody religion religions religious religious building religious person replica replication representation reproduction rescue rescues rescuing restored sacral building sacred building saga save scavenger scavengers structure temple temples uninhabited vintage white wild animal wild animals woodcut woodcuts woodprint worshipper wounded xylograph India animal feed animal feeds bird of prey birds of prey drawing drawings eat feed feeding fodder food raptor reconstruction refurbishment restoration restoration work restorations sketch Asia Indian