2024 EDITION · PAGES 320-321
Spot the Difference!
Challenge your powers of observation with this spot-the-difference puzzle inspired by a late 17th-century scene from the Shangri Ramayana in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection. The artwork portrays King Dasharatha instructing Sumantra to summon Rama. However, there are 10 subtle differences between the two versions presented here – variations hidden in composition, symbolism, and intricate details. Can you decode them all?
Text and artwork copied from the printed edition. The page prints no answer key, so these 9 differences were found by computing an actual pixel difference between the two printed panels, then checking each changed region by eye. A 10th may exist below what that method can tell apart from print/scan noise; none was found with confidence, so this is 9 of 10, not rounded up.
Drag a ring from the tray onto a difference on either panel: it locks in place on both once you find it. Pinch or double-tap a panel to zoom; the two panels stay in sync so the same region is always compared.
