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        "tombstone": "Jatayu hinders Ravana\u2019s chariot, trying to prevent the abduction of Sita (recto), from a Kalighat album, c. 1890. Eastern India, Bengal, Kalighat. Gum tempera, graphite, and tin on paper; painting: 30.4 x 25.5 cm (11 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward, 2003.109.a",
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        "title": "Jatayu hinders Ravana\u2019s chariot, trying to prevent the abduction of Sita (recto), from a Kalighat album",
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            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 200105,
                    "title": "Indian Kalighat Paintings",
                    "description": "<i>Indian Kalighat Paintings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 1-September 18, 2011).",
                    "opening_date": "2011-05-01T00:00:00"
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                {
                    "id": 457592,
                    "title": "Imagining Rama\u2019s Journey",
                    "description": "<i>Imagining Rama\u2019s Journey</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-September 17, 2023).",
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                "date": "?\u20132003",
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        "description": "With his colossal u-shaped beak and green wings, the ruler of the vultures, Jatayu, appears assured of victory against the multiheaded demon lord Ravana. This scene, the battle between Jatayu and Ravana, was especially subject to variation. In the Bengali <em>Ramayana,</em> Jatayu initially swallows Ravana\u2014aerial chariot and all\u2014but vomits the villain when he realizes Sita, the wife of his friend Rama, is also aboard. Later, Ravana fatally wounds Jatayu and takes Sita as his prisoner. Doing so sets in motion the events that lead to Ravana\u2019s downfall at the hands of Rama, the only being capable of ending the demon\u2019s reign.",
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            "Kalighat Painting",
            "Jatayu Hinders Ravana\u2019s Chariot, Trying to Prevent the Abduction of Sita",
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