The importance of the Ramayana in Indian culture The usurper in return for his assistance in finding Sita. Throne was taken by his brother Bali, but Rama helps him to defeat Sugriva is the ruler of the monkey kingdom. Helps Rama in his quest to defeat Ravana and rescue Sita. Hanuman is the wise and resourceful monkey who Sumitra is Dasharatha's wife and mother of the Them on the throne as a gesture that Rama is the true king. To assume the throne, Bharata obtains Rama's sandals and places
When Rama refuses to return from his exile Learns that his mother Kaikeyi had forced Rama into exile, causingĭasaratha to die broken hearted, he storms out of the palace and She demands that Rama be banished to the forest and that her sonīharata is the second son of Dasaratha. Kaikeyi is Dasaratha's wife and Rama's stepmother. Kausalya is Rama's mother, Dasaratha's chief wife. Him, assisted by an army of monkeys and bears, thus circumventingĭasaratha is the King of Ayodhya, Rama's father. Vishnu incarnates as the human Rama to defeat Ravana began to lay waste to the earth and disturbed the deeds of Killed by gods, demons or by spirits, after performing a severe He received a boon from the God Brahma that he cannot be Ravana is the king of Lanka and has 10 heads andĢ0 arms. Laksmana (seen here) is Rama's younger brother.Ĭompletely loyal to Rama, he chooses to go with Rama and Sita when Sita is the epitome of womanly purity and virtue. Sita is Rama's wife and daughter of King Janaka He is exiled from Ayodhya due to the plotting Son of Dasaratha, King of Ayodhya, he is a virtuous prince and is Rama is the hero of the Ramayanaepic, an incarnation of the God Vishnu. Righteous rule ( Ram-raj) inaugurated a golden age for all After the couple's triumphant return to Ayodhya, Rama's Sita entered fire, but was vindicated by the gods and restored to In the forest Sita was abducted by Ravana, and Rama gathered anĪrmy of monkeys and bears to search for her. His brother Laksmana for 14 years through the plotting of his stepmother. Princess Sita (seen here), but was exiled with her and Rama, prince of Ayodhya, won the hand of the beautiful His wife became a metaphor for the final triumph of the righteous.
Shifted to encompass the whole of India, and the struggle to recover Which the hero Rama became an avatar of the god Vishnu, the scene The original five books of an oral epic of local northern significanceĭealing with a hero and his exile, the abduction of his wife byĪ rival king and her rescue became conflated into seven books in Shadow-puppet theatre and the annual Ram-lila (Rama-play). Later dramatic traditions, re-enacted in dance-dramas, village theatre, The story of Rama has constantly been retold in poetic andĭramatic versions by some of India's greatest writers and also in Of the story also appearing in the Buddhist canon from a very earlyĭate. Literary works of ancient India, it has greatly influenced art andĬulture in the Indian subcontinent and South East Asia, with versions Teachings of the very ancient Hindu sages. It is traditionally attributed to the authorship of the sage ValmikiĬomprising 24,000 verses in seven cantos, the epic contains the Sita from the clutches of Ravana with the help of an army of monkeys. Many of these materials are either unavailable or inaccessible in libraries in India, especially in some of the poorer states and this collection seeks to fill a major gap that exists in access to knowledge.įor other collections we curate and more information, please visit the Bharat Ek Khoj page.Epic which follows Prince Rama's quest to rescue his beloved wife This library has been posted for non-commercial purposes and facilitates fair dealing usage of academic and research materials for private use including research, for criticism and review of the work or of other works and reproduction by teachers and students in the course of instruction. The purpose of this library is to assist the students and the lifelong learners of India in their pursuit of an education so that they may better their status and their opportunities and to secure for themselves and for others justice, social, economic and political. This item is part of a library of books, audio, video, and other materials from and about India is curated and maintained by Public Resource. After the marriage when his father Dasharatha was returning to Ayodhya with Rama, Parashurama obstructed their path and challenged Rama for breaking his guru Shiva’s bow. Shiv Dhanus was broken by prince Rama when he attempted to string the bow, during the swayamvara of Sita, thereby winning the princess’s hand in marriage.
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