# Sita asks Rama to fetch the golden deer, from the “Shangri” Ramayana

- Date: c. 1700–1725
- Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Page: 21.2 x 31.5 cm (8 3/8 x 12 3/8 in.); Painting: 18.2 x 28.2 cm (7 3/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
- Culture: Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh
- Credit line: Sundry Art - Miscellaneous Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2025.7)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2025.7/2025.7_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Sita exclaims to Rama, “What an exquisite deer! He has stolen my heart away. Please catch him for me, my great-armed husband. He shall be our plaything. . . . Never before have we seen an animal such as this. His body sparkles with different colors and is speckled with chips of precious stones; he illuminates the entire forest, for with his golden hide and horns of precious gems, he shows all the brilliance of the morning sun, all the luster of the starry heavens.”

Lakshmana is suspicious and warns against having anything to do with the enchanting deer.