# Hanuman spies Sita in the Ashoka Grove, from the “Shangri” Ramayana

- Date: c. 1700–25
- Medium: Gum tempera and ink on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Page: 21 x 31.6 cm (8 1/4 x 12 7/16 in.)
- Culture: Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh
- Credit line: Sundry Art - Miscellaneous Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2025.8)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2025.8/2025.8_web.jpg
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After her abduction, Sita is imprisoned in a garden on the island of Lanka. Female guards appointed by her captor, the demon Ravana, surround her and jeer as she crouches on a step. The monkey in the tree above her is the hero Hanuman, a loyal friend to her husband Rama. He shrank to disguise himself and gives her a message: now that he has found her, he will bring Rama and their armies to rescue her.