Ravana threatens Hanuman with fire torch (Thai Ramayana mural) 1136091600

Ravana threatens Hanuman with fire torch (Thai Ramayana mural)

Ravana threatens Hanuman with fire torch (Thai Ramayana mural)

After trying many other methods to kill the captured Hanuman, Ravana uses a torch to set Hanuman on fire. In this mural detail at the Emerald Buddha Temple, Ravana dressed in royal Siamese apparel descends the stairs of his palace thrusting a fiery torch towards Hanuman. Hanuman sits on the tile floor at left, confined and bound with oil-soaked cotton rope. Another palace demon on the lower right points with glee at Hanuman's predicament, while a fretting Sita is barely visible sitting on the palace veranda at the upper right.

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