Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 69 Shloka 15

धर्मात्मा virtuous one, रक्तमाल्यानुलेपनः wearing garlands of red flowers and with his body bedaubed with red sandal, त्वरमाणश्च hurrying off, खरयुक्तेन yoked with asses, रथेन on chariot, दक्षिणामुखः southward, प्रयातः went.

Thereafter, I beheld that virtuous monarch bedecked with garlands made of red flowers and his body bedaubed with red sandalpaste, hurrying off southward on a chariot yoked with asses.