Re: A tilt of the head...
Sri Rama parivar, as we all have observed, usually has Rama standing with Sita to his left, Lakshmana to his right and Hanuman ji kneeling down, praying, before him.
But in some Rama temples, there are variations to this standard: (I cannot recollect temple names, but will post them if I am successful in my search).
i) In one temple that I read about, Rama is standing almost a foot ahead of Sita as if he is walking away from her.
ii) In another, Rama is lying down on Serpent bed alone without Sita in this sanctum sanctorum.
iii) In yet another, Rama has 4 arms and carries conch and disc and has Lakshmi on his chest.
There are many such variations to how Rama is depicted, based on the site's puranic tale. I believe at the Dayton temple, they may have modelled the idols after some other temple, one thing which you could ask them.
jai hanuman gyan gun sagar jai kapis tihu lok ujagar
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