Image: Kaikeyi and Dasharatha

Kaikeyi and Dasharatha

(Wikimedia: Raja Ravi Varma)

You can find out more about Dasharatha and Kaikeyi at Wikipedia.

Image: Dasharatha Ponders Rama's Exile

Dasharatha's Court

Chitrashala Press in Pune

(Wellcome Library)

You can read more about Dasharatha and about Kaikeyi and Manthara at Wikipedia.

Detail: Kaikeyi and Manthara

Image: Rama Goes into Exile

Rama Goes into Exile
Pahari painting; circa 1700
(British Museum)

For more about Dasharatha, see Wikipedia. Details:

More information from the Museum site: Scene from the Ramayana: the departure of Rama, Sita and Lakshmana into exile. Rama, his wife, and brother are all seated on a chariot driven from Ayodhya, and literally beyond the borders of the painting, by two horses. They are accompanied by various individuals wishing them well. King Dasaratha, Rama's father, stands in the left corner with one of his wives (Kaikeyi).

Image: Kaikeyi Takes Sita's Ornaments

Kaikeyi Takes Sita's Ornaments

Ramayana manuscript, circa 1700

(Huntington Archive)

See Wikipedia for more about Kaikeyi's role in the exile of Rama.

Detail:

Image: Kaikeyi and Dasaratha

Kaikeyi and Dasharatha
17th century
(Image source: British Museum)

Kaikeyi and Dasaratha, with Dasharatha's minister, Sumantra, in the middle. On the left Kaikeyi mourns and then presents her demands to Dasharatha; on the upper right we see him listening to her demands, and then in the lower left, we see him beseeching her to change her mind.

Detail:

Image: The birth of Dasaratha's sons

Image source: The birth of Dasaratha's sons