Scenes from Ramayana on show at New York's famed Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nevada (US): Prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) of New York (USA) is currently holding exhibition on 'Scenes from Ramayana', which will continue till October three. It contains a few dozen paintings and sculptures showing Hanuman bearing the mountaintop with medicinal herbs, Angada stealing Ravana's crown, King Dasaratha and his retinue proceeding to Rama's wedding, awakening of Kumbhkarna, combat of Rama and Ravana, building the bridge to Lanka, monkey king Vali's funeral pyre, Hanuman conversing, etc. Applauding MET for exhibiting Hinduism focused art, eminent Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that art had a long and rich tradition in Hinduism and ancient Sanskrit literature talked about religious paintings of deities on wood and cloth. Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal
Society of Hinduism, urged other major art museums of the world, including Musee
du Louvre and Musee d'Orsay of Paris, Los Angeles Getty Center, Uffizi Gallery
of Florence (Italy), Art Institute of Chicago, Tate Modern of London, Prado Museum
of Madrid, National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, etc., to frequently organize
Hindu art focused exhibitions, thus sharing the rich Hindu art heritage with the
rest of the world. Founded in 1870, MET is one of the world's largest and finest
art museums. Its collections include over two million works of art spanning 5,000
years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of
the globe. Nearly five million people visit the Museum each year. James R. Houghton
is Chairman Board of Trustees, while Thomas P. Campbell is the Director.
