Kodandarama - 04

This is an oleograph of Kodandarama featuring Rama with a bow, Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman by G.V. Venkatesh Rao. Rama is the hero of the Ramayana, a Hindu epic. In seven books, the story narrates his exile to the forest with his wife Sita and his brother Lakshman, the subsequent abduction of Sita by Ravana (the demon-king of Lanka) and the rescue of Sita with the help of Sugriva the king of the monkey tribe and his minister Hanuman. After a fierce battle the city of Lanka was taken, Ravana was defeated and killed, and Sita was rescued. Rama returned and was crowned to begin his glorious reign of Ayodhya.

G.V. Venkatesh Rao was one of the well-known artists who worked for the Ravi Varma Press.