Lord Rama is the hero in the famous story, the
Ramayana. He is also known as Raghunath and Ramachandra. Rama is the
husband of Sita. He appeared in Ayodhya as the son of King Dasaratha. Lord
Rama is almost always worshiped with his consort Sita, his brother Laksman,
and his monkey servant Hanuman. He is depicted with two arms, and in one
hand he holds a bow. His wife Sita stands on his left, and she is often
depicted holding a blue lotus. On his right side stands Laksman, who
usually holds a bow and arrows. Hanuman usually kneels in front of Lord
Rama. His father, Maharaja Dasaratha, had three wives. From these three
wives Maharaja Dasaratha had four sons. One of his wives, Kaikeyi, served
Dasaratha nicely and received a boon from him. She said she would ask for
the benediction at another time. At the time of Ramachandra’s coronation,
Kaikeyi asked her husband to enthrone her son Bharata and to send
Ramachandra to the forest for fourteen years. Maharaja Dasaratha then
ordered Ramachandra to go to the forest.
Rama wwith Laksman and Sita.
When Marici assumed the form of a golden deer, Lord Ramachandra wanted to
capture the deer to please Sita. While he was chasing the deer, the
ten-headed demon, Ravana, kidnapped Sita and carried her to Lanka. As Rama
and Laksman searched the forest for Sita, they met the dying Jatayu, who
had been fatally wounded while trying to rescue Sita. Rama then killed the
monkey Vali and made friends with Sugriva, the monkey king. The monkeys
were sent out to find Sita. Hanuman, Rama’s eternal servant, found Sita in
Ravana’s capital on the island of Lanka. Hanuman jumped across the sea.
When Lord Rama came with the monkey army, they built a bridge by floating
boulders on the water. This happened at Rameswaram. With Laksman’s help,
along with the help of the monkey army, Rama was able to kill Ravana and
his army. Rama then made Ravana’s brother, Vibhishana, king of Lanka. Rama
then returned with Sita to his own kingdom in Ayodhya to become king.
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Krishna