Image title: Ballaikan (Pralayakalpa)

[Category: Asuras and Brahmas of Longka]

Ballaikan (Pralayakalpa) : He was son of Thotsakan through Kala-akkhi (Kala-aggi). He had red complexion and wore crown. He stayed with his grandfather called Kalanak (Kalanaga) from the age of 5. After that he went to Thotsakan. After his death he followed Phra Ram to Ayuthaya. Hanuman tried to catch him several times but failed. A Rsi called Thitsaphai asked Hanuman to besmear him (Ballaikan) (Pralayakalpa) with a kind of sand. Hanuman did that and then only he could catch and kill him.

Gallery information:

The images depict the main characters from the Ramakien, Thailand's national epic representing the Siamese / Thai version of the Ramayana. They are taken from Professor Satya Vrat Shastri’s book “Ramayana in Southeast Asia”. These images depict in detail the complexions, facial expressions, head-gears, number of arms and heads and the postures, evidence par excellence as how Thai Muse had conceived them. The Ramakien does not necessarily follow the Valmiki Ramayana in the delineation of the episodes