How do we want our Gods? More human than human

The artists commissioned by Rana Jagat Singh of Mewar in the mid-17th century to create an illustrated Ramayan certainly didn't mind putting a thick twirl on the upper lip of a blue-skinned Ram. To modern eyes, this 'version' of Ram looks more like Indrajit (Ravan's fine-looking and wonderfully named, but left unsurnamed son) than Ravi Varma's upstanding Citizen No. 1.
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