by Godhu. From the Ramayana series.
Kangra School. Around 1785 AD.
Godhu is Ranjha's elder brother. While Ranjha did the Nala Damayanti series, Godhu is said to have done the Ramayana series. However he has not illustrated the entire Ramayana epic. We have illustration of only the 'Aranya Kand' chapter of the Ramayana. So far, the entire series has not been published in one place. For the miniature paintings of this series are scattered throughout the world. But most of them are in the Rietberg Museum in Zurich.
Here Godhu depicts the moment when Lord Ram, Sitaji and Laxman have decided to leave for fourteen years for the forest. Raja Dashrath sits dejected, unable to control the sudden change of events. His favourite son has to go to the forest. Lord Rama's roy clothes lie on the floor as he ties the clothes made up of leaves and bark. It is a poignant moment of sacrifice, of selflessness. The three leave Ayodhya on a chariot, followed by the people of Ayodhya. The city lies abandoned and deserted in the background.
Aranya Kand deals with the hardship of the forest life. We do not emerge as heroes unless we go through hardship.
Here Godhu depicts the moment when Lord Ram, Sitaji and Laxman have decided to leave for fourteen years for the forest. Raja Dashrath sits dejected, unable to control the sudden change of events. His favourite son has to go to the forest. Lord Rama's roy clothes lie on the floor as he ties the clothes made up of leaves and bark. It is a poignant moment of sacrifice, of selflessness. The three leave Ayodhya on a chariot, followed by the people of Ayodhya. The city lies abandoned and deserted in the background.
Aranya Kand deals with the hardship of the forest life. We do not emerge as heroes unless we go through hardship.
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