During the return journey from Mithila to Ayodhya after Rama’s wedding to Sita, Parashurama confronts Rama and challenges him to string his celestial bow, Sharanga. Depicted here, Rama seizes and strings the bow, leading Parashurama to recognize him as an incarnation of Vishnu and withdraw to Mount Mahendra for penance. Circa 1597–1605. Mughal dynasty, Reign of Akbar. Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, in modern bindings. In 1587–1588 Abd ar-Rahim commissioned an illustrated copy of the Persian translation of the Indian epic, Ramayana.

16th, 17th, abd ar rahim, akbar, ancient, artefact, artifact, artistic, beautiful, book, bow, century, cultural, culture, deity, delicate, detail, drawing, epic, folk, folktale, gods, gold, heritage, hindu, hinduism, historical, history, illustrated, incarnation, india, indian, ink, intricate, lavish, manuscript, miniature, mughal, myth, mythological, mythology, old, ornamental, painting, parashurama, persian art, philosophy, purana, rama, ramayana, religion, religious, sacred, sharanga, sita, story, valmiki, vibrant, vintage, vishnu, watercolor,