Ravana slaughtering Jatayu the vulture, while an abducted Sita looks away in horror. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

  • Ravi Varma, 1848-1906.
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Jatāyu according to the Rāmāyana was a bird who was the son of Garuda (Vishnu's mythical bird), and king of the vultures; he is also attributed to being the son of Aruna. He was an ally of Rāma and fought Rāvana furiously to prevent him from abducting Sītā, but was overpowered and left mortally wounded

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Bombay : Anant Shiwaji Desai Motibazar (Karla Lonavla : Ravi Varma Press)

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1 print : oleograph

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Jatayu-Vadha. ... Lettering also in Devanagari script Lettering continues: Registered no. 147. Published with special permission of H.H. The Maharaja of Mysore G.C.S.I. copies of the last pictures painted by the late Raja Rava Varma

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Wellcome Collection 26478i

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