When was lord sita born

Ravana crept away, hapless. There is yet another legend. Ravan sent a messenger to some sages who were meditating in the Dandaka forest and asked them to pay him tax. They sent the matka off via a messenger with a word of warning.

Their words kindled fear in the heart of Ravan and he sent the pot far, far away to be buried in the distant land of Mithila in a field. It was from this pot that Vedavati appeared from the land.

When Sita was but a child, she picked up and held the enormous bow of Shiv a in the Mithila armoury. To date, no man or god had been able to move that massive divine bow, which Lord S hiva had used to destroy Tripurasura.

Mighty warriors like Banasura and Ravan could not even move the bow. But young Rama,. Prince of Ayodhya, who had arrived with his Guru Vishwamitra, picked up the bow with great ease with just one hand. When Rama was exiled to the forest for fourteen years, Sita too followed her husband into exile. In the Dandaka forest, when Shoorpanakha tried to convince Rama to marry her, Lakshman cut her nose and ears off. She ran off to complain to Ravan, her brother and the king of Lanka, and reported how brave asuras like Khar, Dooshana and Trishara had been destroyed, along with their armies, by Rama and Lakshmana.

The wedding of Rama and Sita takes place with great pomp and show and soon thereafter, Sita leaves for her new marital home at Ayodhya. King Dasaratha announces his plans to crown Rama, his eldest son, as Yuvaraja or heir to the throne. This news upsets queen Kaikeyi, whose mind is poisoned by her wicked maid-servant and confidante, Manthara. Kaikeyi, who is initially very happy for Rama, is made to fear for the safety and future of her son Bharata.

Kaikeyi had once been granted two boons by Dasaratha, when she had saved his life in battle. She had then said that she would avail the boons when she needed them. Kaikeyi now lays claim on the boons and demands that Dasaratha banish Rama to a forest exile for fourteen years, and that Bharata be crowned in Rama's place.

The king is heartbroken, but realizes how helpless he really is. He is forced to grant the boons to his wife and with a pained heart, bids goodbye to his beloved son, Rama.

Rama's brother, Lakshmana, decides to permanently escort Rama during his Vanavasa tenure in the forest. Exile of Rama, Sita and Lakshmana in Jungle - Poster Rama tries to discourage Sita from joining him in exile, but she is adamant and says that she would be with him, no matter what, as it was the duty of the wife to be at his side at all times.

The people of Ayodhya are angered and saddened at Dasaratha's decision. Dasaratha, in utter grief and guilt, collapses and dies by the next day. Though Rama is horrified at his father's demise, he does not want to break his dead father's word and so, continues with the Vanavasa. Sita, who has been used to living in the lap of luxury, willingly sacrifices everything for the sake of her husband and happily joins her husband on his Vanavasa.

This is only the first of the sacrifices she makes for her husband. Rama, in turn, is assiduously protective of his wife, takes good care of her and fulfils her every wish during the time of the Vanavasa. They go on to share many happy and peaceful moments in the wonderful locales of the Dandaka and Panchavati forests. Rama and Sita spend some wonderful days while at Panchavati. But that happiness does not last long. Trouble starts brewing when Sita lays her eyes on the Golden Deer, Mareecha.

Mareecha was in actuality, Ravana's uncle, who was leading an ascetic life in the forest. Sita Requests Rama to Fetch the Illusory Golden Deer - Poster Ravana requested Mareecha to take the form of a beautiful and attractive Golden Deer in order to lure Rama away from the hermitage, so that he could come into the scene and adbuct Sita while she was by herself in the ashram.

Mareecha tried his best to convince Ravana that Rama and Lakshman were divine powers and not just ordinary mortals. But Ravana was insistent with his wish and even threatened to kill Mareecha if he did not co-operate with him and abet him with his plan. Ultimately, Mareecha decided to go to Ravana's side, thinking that it would be better to attain Moksha liberation at the hands of Lord Rama than this terrible demon who happened to be his own nephew. When Sita sees the golden deer, she is totally charmed and asks Rama to capture it and bring it to her.

Though not very pleased about it, Rama entrusts her to Lakshmana's care and goes in search of the deer that had, by then, run away into the forest.

He makes Lakshmana promise that he would not leave Sita alone under any circumstance, but still feels uneasy while leaving. Once into the deepest wooded area, Rama is about to hit the deer with an arrow, when Mareecha, still in the form of the deer, loudly cries out, "Oh Lakshmana, Oh Lakshmana". Mareecha imitates Rama's voice so well that both Sita and Lakshmana are convinced that it is indeed Rama asking for help. In spite of Lakshmana's refusal to leave Sita alone, she persuades him to go and aid Rama.

Lakshmana tries very hard to explain to Sita that Rama would never ever be in danger and that this must be some trick to dupe them. Sita, though, gets even more upset by this and accuses Lakshmana of not going to save Rama on purpose. Lakshmana finally has to break the promise given to his brother and decides to go in search of Rama. Before leaving though, Lakshmana takes out an arrow and draws a line just outside their hut, requesting Sita never to step out of the line.

This Lakshmana Rekha is drawn in order to protect her and act as a barrier to some outsider wanting to step inside. Abduction of Sita By Ravana - Orissa Pata Painting While Sita waits all alone in the ashram, Ravana takes the disguise of a sadhu mendicant and stands in front of the hut, calling for alms. Sita tries to give the sadhu the alms from inside the line drawn by Lakshmana, but he insists that he would accept the bhiksha alms only if she stepped forward and handed it to him.

As soon as Sita crosses the Lakshmana Rekha, the terrible Ravana takes his original form, lifts the entire piece of earth with Sita standing on it and whisks her away on his aerial chariot.

Ravana realizes that he cannot lay his hands on Sita directly and that is why he is forced to lift the entire land she stands on. He then races in the southward direction. Rama at once suspects foul play and starts in search for her, crying out her name. As they proceed to search deep into the forest, they see Jatayu, their beloved eagle, who is critically wounded, lying there helplessly bleeding, his wings cut away cruelly. He reveals to a dishevelled Rama that while fighting Ravana to rescue Sita from his clutches, Ravana had cut off each of his wings, thereby making it impossible for Jatayu to retaliate any further.

Then pointing in the direction which Ravana took, the elderly Jatayu places his head on Rama's lap and breathes his last. A shocked and tearful Rama bids his feathered friend a fond goodbye and grants him Moksha. Ravana takes Sita to Lanka and holds her captive there, in the Ashokvan or garden of Ashoka trees.

He deligates many demonesses to guard the area and prevent Sita from escaping. Before leaving, he also instructs Trijata and other demonesses to threaten Sita into marrying him. Throughout her one year of captivity in Lanka, Ravana keeps expressing his desire for her, but Sita refuses to heed his advances and maintains her chastity.

The mighty Hanuman jumps over the sea and manages to locate Sita being held prisoner in Ashokvan. Sita is delighted to meet Hanuman and gives her Chudamani an item of her personal jewellery and asks him to give it to her husband.

While Hanuman tries to head back to Rama, he is captured by Ravana's forces. Hanuman is almost executed and burnt, but he cleverly escapes out of there and burns the capital city of Lanka while leaving instead. Interestingly, this bridge is supposedly in existence under the water even today and there are supposedly satellite images to prove the same.

Rama then wages a terribly long and violent war against Ravana and eventually victors and slays the demon King Ravana. Rama then rescues Sita from her long period of captivity. But Sita's troubles do not end there either.

Since Sita was kept in captivity by Ravana, she has to go through the 'Agni-Pariksha', the test of fire, in order to prove her chastity to the world. Some versions of the story claim that the Sita who entered the fire was a duplicate, who had been there in place of the actual Sita, in order to protect her from the harassment inflicted by Ravana while in Ashokvan.

Some others relate that Sita voluntarily entered the fire, in order to cleanse herself from her ordeal. This story also says that the coals in the fire turned to soft lotuses when she stepped on them. She was optimistic that her husband would rescue her. After getting rescued by Lord Rama, this divine Goddess decided to give Agni-pareeksha an ordeal of fire to prove her chastity.

She is very clear about her position as giving Agni-pareeksha was a very powerful stance and not an act of weakness. This was the courage and grace of Devi Sita. Lord Rama was forced to heed the words of his praja local residents of Ayodhya and in order to protect the moral fabric of his kingdom he asked Sita to leave the palace on account of spending months in the territory of another man Ravana.

Devi Sita makes the point that it is not only humiliating to her but the entire female community to justify her purity yet again.

Devi Sita here is presented as an embodiment of courage, wisdom, and perseverance. Now Devi Sita faces yet another exile but this time she was all alone.

She took refuge in the hermitage of Rishi Valmiki where she delivered twin boys named Luv and Kusha. She raised her sons as a single mother and the boys grew up to be vigilant and bright.

Devi Sita took final refuge in the arms of her Mother Earth. Mother Earth dramatically split open and took Devi Sita away.

It falls on Navami tithi ninth day during Shukla Paksha white bright lunar fortnight in the month of Vaisakh. Vivah Punchami — This festival commemorates the wedding anniversary of Ram and Sita and is observed on the fifth day of Shukla Paksh the waxing phase of moon, Hindu calendar month of Agrahayana, December-January.

Hindu American Foundation is a c 3 nonprofit organization. Website by Mittun. Kaushika Sutra of Atharva Veda mentions Sita as wife of Parjanya Lord Indra, the god associated with rain Paraskara Griha Sutra of Shukla Yajur Veda mentions Sita as wife of Indra the god associated with rain She is also worshipped as an agricultural and fertility deity, prayed to for bountiful crops.