Author: Samhita Arni
Artist: Moyna Chitrakar
Title: Sita's Ramayana
Year: 2011
Pages 36-71
Jatayu the friendly bird tells Rama about Sita being nabbed by the evil Ravana. The friendly bird died for the sakes of Sita and Rama.
Loyalty.Duty. Desire. Rebirth and Death.
Dharma.
Kama.
Karma.
Moksha.
Samsara.
They find the dropped jewelry that Sita leaves as a trail.
Rama, the banished and exiled king gathers the army of Vanaras the king of which was also an exiled king. Sugriva. He gets his vengeance but it is at a high price. It hurts those he loves.
I find it comical that Hanuman starts the fire for the demon king and its demons. In modern western tradition, the demon king (satan) would already have fire in his kingdom of hell. Of course a strinking difference being that Lanka is real and Hell maybe not so much.
Bears, monkeys and squirrels in army to rescue lovely Sita. It's hard for me not to see her as Snow White. The animal kingdom builds a bridge. Whoa.
The War begins.
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