In these revisions, the death of Sita leads Rama to drown himself. Through death, he joins her in afterlife. Rama dying by drowning himself is found in the Myanmar version of Rama's life story called Thiri Rama.
Did Rama and Sita have a child? Kusha or Kusa Sanskrit:??? Their story is recounted in the Hindu epic, Ramayana and its other versions. Kusha is said to be a Raghuvanshi Ikshvaku Suryavanshi.
Why did Urmila not go with Lakshman? So, the reason Lakshmana didn't take his wife with him to the exile is that she could have been an obstruction in his future sexual affair with Seetha! Srimad Ramayana was silent on this issue. Neither Urmila's wish to accompany Lakshmana nor her name was mentioned in Ayodhya Kanda. Did Rama have many wives? According to it, Rama is the son of Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya, the modern Banares. In due course Rama was married to Sita. Rama who is belived to have one wife, Sita as per Tulsidas Ramayan, actually had many wives as mentioned in Valmiki Ramayan.
Did Urmila slept for 14 years? During the time of exile, Laxman requested Urmila Devi to stay back in Ayodhya. He wanted to serve His dear brother and sister-in-law, and hence wanted to stay awake and alert all throughout the period of exile. She wants her son, Bharata, to rule. Because of an oath Dasharatha had made to her years before, she gets the king to agree to banish Rama for fourteen years and to crown Bharata, even though the king, on bended knee, begs her not to demand such things.
Broken-hearted, the devastated king cannot face Rama with the news and Kaikeyi must tell him. Sita convinces Rama that she belongs at his side and his brother Lakshman also begs to accompany them. Rama, Sita and Lakshman set out for the forest. Bharata, whose mother's evil plot has won him the throne, is very upset when he finds out what has happened. Not for a moment does he consider breaking the rules of dharma and becoming king in Rama's place.
He goes to Rama's forest retreat and begs Rama to return and rule, but Rama refuses. Bharata then takes Rama's sandals saying, "I will put these on the throne, and every day I shall place the fruits of my work at the feet on my Lord. Rama and Lakshman destroy the rakshasas evil creatures who disturb the sages in their meditations.
One day a rakshasa princess tries to seduce Rama, and Lakshmana wounds her and drives her away. She returns to her brother Ravana, the ten-headed ruler of Lanka Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon , and tells her brother who has a weakness for beautiful women about lovely Sita. Ravana devises a plan to abduct Sita.
He sends a magical golden deer which Sita desires. Rama and Lakshman go off to hunt the deer, first drawing a protective circle around Sita and warning her she will be safe as long as she does not step outside the circle. As they go off, Ravana who can change his shape appears as a holy man begging alms. The moment Sita steps outside the circle to give him food, Ravana grabs her and carries her off the his kingdom in Lanka. A band of monkeys offer to help him find Sita. Ravana has carried Sita to his palace in Lanka, but he cannot force her to be his wife so he puts her in a grove and alternately sweet-talks her and threatens her in an attempt to get her to agree to marry him.
Sita will not even look at him but thinks only of her beloved Rama. Hanuman, the general of the monkey band can fly since his father is the wind, and Hanuman flies to Lanka and, finding Sita in the grove, comforts her and tells her Rama will soon come and save her. With his tail burning, Hanuman hops from house-top to house-top, setting Lanka afire. He then flies back to Rama to tell him where Sita is. A might battle ensues.
Rama kills several of Ravana's brothers and then Rama confronts ten-headed Ravana. Ravana is known for his wisdom as well as for his weakness for women which may explain why he is pictured as very brainy. Rama finally kills Ravana. Rama frees Sita. After Sita proves here purity, they return to Ayodhya and Rama becomes king. His rule, Ram-rajya, is an ideal time when everyone does his or her dharma and "fathers never have to light the funeral pyres for their sons.
To please her, Rama and Lakshmana went to hunt the deer down. Before they did though, they drew a protective circle around Sita and told her that she would be safe for as long as she did not step outside the circle. After Rama and Lakshmana left, Ravana appeared as a holy man begging alms. The moment Sita stepped outside the circle to give him food, Ravana grabbed her and carried her to his kingdom in Lanka.
Study Questions. Rama then sought the help of a band of monkeys offer to help him find Sita. Hanuman, the general of the monkey band can fly since his father is the wind. He flew to Lanka and, finding Sita in the grove, comforted her and told her Rama would come to save her soon. With his tail burning, Hanuman escaped and hopped from house-top to house-top, setting Lanka on fire. He then flew back to Rama to tell him where Sita was.
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