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Author: Saraswati Nagpal
Artist: Manikandan
Year: 2011
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After Rama and his brother killed the Rakshasa's the Maharishi Agastya
gave them both magical celestial weapons to kill the demons that they were going to face in the forest. Quivers that were never empty and arrows that travel at the speed of light. King Jatayu Sita grew to love as an uncle. Years pass.
A woman with anklets finds Rama in the forest and decides that is what she wants. Rama refused her because of Sita. So the woman decided to get rid of Sita. She was a demon and threatened to scratch out the eyes of Sita, a puny woman. Lakshmana cuts the demon up.
The demon, Shurpanakha is angered and is the sister of king Ravana the king of Lanka.
She whines to her brother and they plot to have Sita become the wife of Ravana and the demon to have Rama.
The golden deer is enchanted and Sita asks Rama to get it for her. Rama, because of his duty does go after it. It was a trick and Rama's brother is left to guard Sita, but is tricked to go into the forest after Rama and Sita is tricked by a man who looks like a Brahmin, so she is under obligation to feed him, but she is magically protected by a ward and doesn't want to step out of it. The Brahmin is a demon and tricks her into crossing the ward.
Sita leaves her jewelry as a way for Rama to have clues to find her. She is taken to a glorious palace in Lanka. She is treated like the queen she should be an Ravana wants her to come willingly to him as his wife.
Sita is loyal only to Rama. The Rakshasa's tempt her daily and she is threatened by death if she does not agree to marry Ravana.
Hanumana pledges his services to Rama and he agrees to go find Sita. He finds her, shows Sita Rama's ring, so she will trust that he is sent from Rama. He asks Ravana to set Sita free, he says no. So Hanumana sets the kingdom on fire. Ravana shows Sita her husbands head and says that she is free to marry him now. Sita doesn't buy it.
Rama builds and army and comes to Lanka to fight for Sita. A battle ensues. Ravana dies. Rama is crowned the king of Lanka.
So Rama has to tell Sita that he cannot accept her back as his wife. She is upset. She goes through an ordeal by fire to prove her purity. She passes. They go back to Ayodhya because the 14 years had passed. Sita is cause for trouble in the kingdom. Rama has his brother take Sita to the forest. she is pregnant. Maharishi Valmiki takes care of her and helps to raise the twins. Rama shows up to take the boys. Sita has another trial to prove her purity, this time she goes into mother earth.
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