Valmiki races through Rama’s childhood to get to His marriage, to show the role that Sita is going to play in His life. Janaka’s use of the words “sahadharmacharee tava”, when he gave Sita ...

A retelling of the ancient story of Prince Rama and his wife, Sita, which is celebrated every year at Diwali. Long ago in a kingdom called Ayodhya there lived a king called Dashratha, who had four ...

Themes: The festival of Diwali; the story of Rama and Sita; light vs dark, good vs evil; good deeds shining like lights in the darkness. Summary: This assembly is suitable as an act of collective ...

At this point, Rama actually thought about bringing Sita back to the kingdom but he could not disappoint his people. Thus, for this ritual, it was decided a golden statue of Sita would be used.