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Anjan DeyMehrangarh Fort MuseumJodhpur,India

ITP 2010

Battle of good over evilRamayan

Ramayan is one of India's best-loved stories and has been depicted in paintings and sculpture for centuries. It is still re-enacted in dramas and even on television to this day.

Ram on Hanuman fighting Ravan

Ram on Hanuman fighting Ravan,

From Tanjore or Trichinopoly,

Tamil Nadu, India

Around AD 1820

Height: 295.000 mmWidth: 203.000 mm

Ravan Ram

Hanuman(General of theMonkey Army)

Monkey-warrior

Ravan

RavanRavan who is the demon king of Lanka.He is mainly depicted

negatively, infamously kidnaping Rama's wife Sita, to claim

vengeance on Ram and his brother Lakshman for having cut off

the nose of his sister Surpanakha.

Ram

RamHe is pictured as the ideal man and the perfect human. For the

sake of his father's honour, Rama abandons his claim to throne

to serve an exile of fourteen years in the forest.

Hanuman

HanumanHanuman is a vanara belonging

to the kingdom of Kishkindha. He

is portrayed as an incarnation of

the god Shiva (the Eleventh

Rudra) and an ideal bhakta of

Ram.

He plays an important part in

locating Sita and in the ensuing

battle.

Dussera festivalA 9 day celebration of victory

of good over evil

video presentation in the Exhibition space of Dussera festival,which is celebrated in India each year.

Flip Book

Marketing

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Displaypanel

Audio Video

Entrance

Gallery Plan for Room 3

Animated story of the backgroundof the battle between ravan & ram,also explaining each character in thepainting.

Door(for access of the room behindthe exhib. spaceduring other activitiesof the museum)

A welcome spacefor visitors to enter

Curved Space been created with panellto remove the corner negative spaceand using the curve panel as information/orientation of the gallery

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Right wall elevation

900mm

1800mm Audio Video

Left wall elevation

900mm

1800mm

Grid

The idea of for the gallery is to have a separate audio/video space

with head phones, so that it does not disturb the space for the

intellectual visitors.

Thank You