Скачать или смотреть Rāmāyaṇa Balakānda | Ally in Exile: Sugrīva | Episode 34 | PleachTV

In this episode from Kiskindhakāṇḍa in our series “Rāmāyaṇa — As Carved in Time,” we turn to the forested mountains of Kiskindha, where Sugrīva waits, once a mighty Vānara king, now cast into exile by his brother Vāli; his crown lost, his faith trembling, yet his heart kindled by a distant hope.

At the Hoysaleswara Temple, Halebidu (12th century CE), sculpted stone captures this moment as the Vānara king meets Lord Rāma, poised between fear and resolution, even the granite seeming to breathe his inner turmoil.

In the Pahāṛī miniatures of Himachal Pradesh from Guler (18th century CE), Kulu (18th century CE), and Nurpur (18th century CE), the story softens into emotion. Sugrīva’s weary eyes meet Rāma’s calm gaze; the mountain winds turn witness to an oath of friendship, an alliance born not in power but in shared loss.

Later Company paintings (19th century CE) reimagine the exile through colonial brushwork, transforming myth into moral reflection, a parable of loyalty amidst despair. A painting housed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (20th century CE) depicts Sugrīva’s hope of restoring his rule, alongside his promise to help Rāma find Sīta.

Stay with us through Sugrīva’s journey to reclaim his kingdom in Kiskindha, only on Pleach TV.