Ramayana is an epic poem, written sometime around 300 BCE. It is an allegorical story that contains important Hindu teachings, and it has had great influence on Indian life and culture over the centuries.
The artist here is Moyna Chitrakar, and she has done the whole book in a style known as Patua. A style of art native to West Bengal, where handmade paper pasted on cloth, and is painted with vegetable and mineral dyes. Traditionally in scroll form, they depict stories from epics as well as mythology.
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