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Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy

Jatayu hinders Ravana’s chariot trying to prevent Sita’s abduction (recto), from a Kalighat album

c. 1890
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In the Bengali version of this episode, Jatayu swallows Ravana’s chariot only to vomit it out once he realizes Sita is aboard.

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