Home›Sources›Rama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)SourcesRama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)Victoria and Albert Museum collections record, read 2026-08-18Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Rama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/vam-rama-lakshmana-viravahu-is32-1959.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Rama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/vam-rama-lakshmana-viravahu-is32-1959Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-rama-and-lakshmana-museum-number-is-32-1, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Rama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/vam-rama-lakshmana-viravahu-is32-1959}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe Victoria and Albert Museum's own collections record for "Rama and Lakshmana," a Kalighat watercolour and tin alloy painting on paper, ca. 1890, from Kolkata, showing the two brothers fighting the demon Viravahu, with a handwritten Bengali inscription naming the battle. South and South East Asia Collection, museum number IS.32-1959.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (15 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The holding museum's own collections record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its date, materials and museum number, its own title and description naming Lakshmana directly alongside Rama.CitationPublisherWell-attestedVictoria and Albert MuseumURLWell-attestedhttps://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432378Source TypeWell-attestedMuseumCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithBengali, Languages Well-attested This source names Bengali directly: "the demon Viravahu, with a handwritten Bengali inscription naming the battle."Source Rama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)tier 1Kolkata, Cities Well-attested This source names Kolkata directly: "1890, from Kolkata, showing the two brothers fighting the demon Viravahu, with a handwritten Bengali inscription naming the battle."Source Rama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)tier 1Lakshmana, Figures Well-attested This source names Lakshmana directly: "own collections record for "Rama and Lakshmana," a Kalighat watercolour and tin alloy painting on paper, ca."Source Rama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)tier 1Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 7 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds.Sacred Art & Iconography, 7 claims: 2 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.Well-attested7Sacred Art & IconographyRama and Lakshmana (Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.32-1959)SourcesRama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)Holds7Sacred Art & IconographyRama and Lakshmana (Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.32-1959)SourcesRama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)General References1Sacred Art & IconographyRama and Lakshmana (Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.32-1959)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year