Ramakien Paintings in Wat Suthat [Photo gallery]
These images depict Paintings in Wat Suthat which are related to the Ramakien—Thailand's national epic representing the Siamese / Thai version of the Ramayana. In painting there are two sets that deserve notice. One, those in Wat Phra Kaeo, called the Temple of the Emerald Buddha around the galleries and the other, those in Wat Suthat in the heart of Bangkok in close proximity to the Bosth Phram, the Brahmana Temple near the Great Swing, Sao Ching Cha. Their very number would come in the way of their reproduction here in full. Only a few of them are presented here by way of specimen. Both are remarkable in their own way, the former for their big panels, each panel depicting a number of scenes in miniature and the other, in their triptychs, the middle one being bigger than the other two, each triptych depicting a particular episode. First it is the description of all the episodes dealt with therein is given. The episodes number ninety. After that the illustrations in the form of the paintings of some of the more important of them are reproduced.
Gallery: 44 images
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