Observe the painting and answer the following questions:

What is the purpose of Rama and Lakshmana's journey with sage in the painting?

Defeating demons in the forest

Answer:  Defeating demons in the forest
Rama and Lakshmana accompany sage Vishvamitra to the forest with the purpose of defeating demons who are causing distress to hermits through their disruptive actions.

A painting from the Shangri Ramayana set depicts Rama and Lakshmana accompanying sage Vishvamitra to the forest to defeat the demons, who would distress the hermits by disturbing their meditative practices and contaminating their rituals. An interesting feature of this painting is the representation of animals, stealthily prowling behind trees, half hidden in the heavy outgrowth. A clever fragmentary portrayal of a wolf on the left and a tiger on the right by the artist not only lends character to the forest as a thick impenetrable jungle, populated with ferocious animals hiding everywhere, but also adds an emotive value to the painting regarding the extraordinary courage of the two young princes. The fractional representation of animals adds mystery to the work as there is a possibility of them being demons in disguise.