Or 'Rama-play' is performed at the autumn festival of Dassehra Of various dramatic traditions, in court drama, dance-dramas, and Of Rama has been constantly retold by some of India's greatest writersīoth in Sanskrit and regional languages. The epic's poetic stature and marvellous story means that the story 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. Epic which follows Prince Rama's quest to rescue his beloved wife
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