Uttara Rama Charitra, The Assembly of Rama

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This print depicts the concluding scene of the Ramayana epic, in which Vishnu in his Rama avatar restores order to the world of men, ensuring an era of benign governance. Here, Rama is enthroned at the court of his capital city of Ayodhya, accompanied by his family and attended by his court priest Vashista and worshipped by a kneeling Hanuman, his devout monkey-general. This composition was borrowed from an earlier anonymous print created for the Chitrapriyaprakesh Press in Mumbai published in 1886.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art