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What does the painting of the scene with Sugriva and Bali add to the excerpt you read from the Ramayana?

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Answer: The artist paints Rama blue, the color blue is usually associated with the supreme Indian god Vishnu, so the artist is most likely indicating that Rama is the human form of this god. The text doesn’t describe Rama with blue skin so this is obviously something the artist added

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