# Rishyashringa addresses the courtesans, from the "Shangri" Ramayana

- Date: c. 1700–1725
- Medium: Gum tempera and ink on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Page: 20 x 30.4 cm (7 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.)
- Culture: Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh
- Credit line: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2002.6)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2002.6/2002.6_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A king sent the courtesans to a forest ashram to convince the ascetic boy Rishyashringa to come back with them to the palace. The king believes that Rishyashringa's presence in the palace will bring about the end of a drought. Rishyashringa had never seen a woman before and was completely bewildered by them.