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In Hinduism, Ahalya (Sanskrit: अहल्या, IAST: Ahalyā) also spelt as Ahilya, is the wife of the sage Gautama Maharishi.Many Hindu scriptures describe her legend of seduction by the king of the gods Indra, her husband's curse for her infidelity, and her liberation from the curse by the god Rama.
His kidnapping of Rama's wife Sita is the central event that sparked the conflict of the epic. Rishyasringa: A rishi (sage) presided over the sacrifice that King Dasharatha offered in order to get a son. He was married to Dasharatha's daughter Shanta. Rumā: The wife of Sugriva. She is mentioned in Book IV (Kishkindha Kanda) of the epic.
Rama meets his mother Kausalya while she performs pooja. Kaikeyi's plan to have Rama exiled is instigated by her belief that Kausalya would become the Queen Mother if Rama is made the Crown Prince, which would make Kausalya a more powerful queen than her and remove Bharata's lineage from the throne.
Rama's story is a major part of the artistic reliefs found at Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Large sequences of Ramayana reliefs are also found in Java, Indonesia. [241] Rama's life story, both in the written form of Sanskrit Ramayana and the oral tradition arrived in southeast Asia in the 1st millennium CE. [242]
Mithila art, which originated at Sita's birthplace depicts Sita and Rama's marriage ceremony through the paintings. [81] In Rama and Sita's temple, she is always placed on Rama's right, with a golden-yellow complexion. [82] She is dressed in traditional sari or ghagra-choli along with a veil. Her jewelry is either made of metals, pearls or ...
Kabandha advises Rama to form an alliance with Sugriva, who would be of assistance in the search for Rama's wife Sita, who had been kidnapped by Ravana, the demon-king of Lanka. Following Kabandha's advice, Rama befriends Sugriva and rescues Sita with his help.
Sugriva then tells Rama the story of how Vali became his enemy. In Sugriva's version, he is entirely innocent, and Rama believes him. [6] Sugriva is very fearful of Vali and doubts that Rama can defeat him. He tells Rama many remarkable stories of Vali's strength and, as proof, shows him a hole in a sal tree that Vali had made with a single ...
Ravana abducts Rama's wife, Sita. According to some Ramayana adaptations, Ravana was abducting his own daughter from a union with Mandodari. Though Valmiki's Ramayana does not record Mandodari as being the mother of Sita, some later adaptations of the Ramayana depict Mandodari as the mother of Sita or at least the cause of the latter's birth.