The interior walls of a bot and viharn are generally decorated with mural paintings. Those paintings usually depict scenes from the life of the Lord Buddha, or scenes from his previous lives. The scene showing the Lord Buddha in his attempt to subdue the Evil Spirit (Mara) is commonly displayed on the wall facing the principle image whereas the scenes depicting the previous lives of the Lord Buddha, called the Jataka stories, are usually painted on the side walls. In some monasteries,scenes from the Ramakian