2-490-557 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

Building of Rama's bridge, 1913. A scene from the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. The monkeys Naal and Neel build a floating bridge to enable the army of Rama, Lakshmana and Vibhisnana to cross the sea to Lanka to fight Ravana and free Rama's wife, Sita. Illustration from Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita and Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1st edition, 1913. From a private collection.