page_title: Lava (Ramayana)
hierarchical_section_title: Lava (Ramayana)
caption_attribution_description: English: Watercolour painting on paper of Lava, one of Rāma’s sons. He is shown as a crowned male with purple skin. He has four arms; in his upper right hand he holds an arrow and with his lower right he holds a bow. In his upper left hand he holds a mace which he rests on his shoulder and with his lower right he holds the discus. He wears a yellow dhoti and shawl over his shoulders. On his head is a golden crown and he wears wooden sandals on his feet. Jewellery is shown on his arms, neck, chest, ankles and ears. In the foreground of the painting is shown foliage and hills are shown in the far distance. The painting is surrounded by a black border.
context_page_description: Lava and his twin brother Kusha, were the children of Rama and Sita. Their story is recounted in the Hindu epic, Ramayana and its other versions. He is said to have a whitish golden complexion like their mother, while Kusha had a blackish complexion like their father.
  Lava is purported to have founded Lavapuri
  ,
  which is named after him.
context_section_description: Lava (Sanskrit: लव)  and his twin brother Kusha, were the children of Rama and Sita. Their story is recounted in the Hindu epic, Ramayana and its other versions. He is said to have a whitish golden complexion like their mother, while Kusha had a blackish complexion like their father.
  Lava is purported to have founded Lavapuri 
  (the modern day city of Lahore),
  which is named after him.
caption: Lava, one of twin sons of Rama and Sita
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