Recently, the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi highlighted the release of iStamp depicting Ramakien mural paintings by Thai Government.
- Ramakien is the Thai version of the Indian epic the Ramayana. The murals are painted on 178 panels, each one depicting a scene from the Ramakien.
- The murals were first painted in 1783, when the temple of the Emerald Buddha was built by King Rama I. The King adapted and partly rewrote the Ramakien story.
- Since then the paintings have been extensively restored four times.
- Phutthayotfa Chulalok, also known by his regnal name Rama I, was the founder of the Rattanakosin Kingdom and the first King of Siam from the reigning Chakri dynasty.
(Sources: PIB, )
