Manthara, a hunch back woman is giving wrong advice to Kaikeyi, the queen in the picture, 1916

Chitra ramayana (illustrated ramayana) is a simplified story of the great indian epic in kannada. The type is bold and beautiful. The thick pages have become brittle and need careful handling. Printed by b. Miller, superintendent, british india, press, mazgaon, bombay. It was published by, shrimat balasaheb pandit pant pratinidhi, chief of aundh, at aundh, satara district. The kannada version is by ramachandra madhwa mahishi the date shown is 1916. It is all the more important because the book contains illustrations painted by the publisher also called bhavan rao shrinivas rao, the ruler of the state of aundh himself. Date: 1916.