The Ramayana Facts For Kids
The Ramayana is a revered ancient Indian epic that tells the story of Prince Rama's quest to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana, highlighting themes of duty, love, and righteousness.
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Sita with Lava and Kusha
Swastika It symbolizes Harmony, Lord Ganesh has it on his right hand. Differs from other uses of swastika by the four dots inside each of the four arms. Also, it is always drawn with the four inner arms at 0, 90, 180 and 270 degrees on the compass, unlike other inscriptions where the inner arms are in the form of an 'X'.
An artist's impression of sage Valmiki composing the Ramayana
The marriage of the four sons of Dasharatha to the four daughters of Siradhvaja Janaka and Kushadhvaja. Rama and Sita, Lakshmana and Urmila, Bharata and Mandavi and Shatrughna with Shrutakirti. Folio from the Shnagri Ramayana, early 18th-century. National Museum, New Delhi
Rama leaving for fourteen years of exile from Ayodhya
RÄvaį¹a fights JatÄyu as he carries off the kidnapped SÄ«tÄ. Painting by Raja Ravi Varma
Image by DoktorMax at English Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0A stone bas-relief at Banteay Srei in Cambodia depicts the combat between Vali and Sugriva (middle). To the right, Rama fires his bow. To the left, Vali lies dying.
Ravana is meeting Sita at Ashokavana. Hanuman is seen on the tree.
The Battle at Lanka, Ramayana by Sahibdin. It depicts the vÄnara army of RÄma (top left) fighting RÄvaį¹a the demon-king of LankÄ to save RÄma's kidnapped wife, SÄ«tÄ. The painting depicts multiple events in the battle against the three-headed demon general Triį¹£ira, in the bottom left. Triį¹£ira is beheaded by HanumÄn, the vÄnara companion of RÄma.