Which of the following Ramayana scenes was NOT painted by Raja Ravi Varma?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Rama’s Marriage
Option (1) Sita in Ashoka Grove — A painting by Raja Ravi Varma. It is one of the other Ramayana scenes he painted.
Option (2) The Coronation of Rama — A painting by Raja Ravi Varma. It is listed among his other Ramayana works.
Option (3) Release of Ahalya — A painting by Raja Ravi Varma. It is the first of his other Ramayana works in the list.
Option (4) Rama’s Marriage — Not a painting by Raja Ravi Varma. It was painted by K. Venkatappa, as its caption shows.
NCERT (2026-27): “Rama Vanquishing the Pride of the Ocean …The story unfolds itself as each painting leaps to the succeeding one, covering in the process not only the major moments in the lives of Rama and Sita but the entire epic. Varma also painted Release of Ahalya, Rama Breaking the Sacred Bow of Siva before his Marriage to Sita, Rama, Sita and Laksmana Crossing the Saryu, Ravana abducting Sita and Opposed by Jatayu, Sita in Ashoka Grove, The Coronation of Rama, etc.”
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