He promised the two boons to his wife, and he must not go back on his word. Only Rama himself seems unperturbed and calmly accepting of his fate.ĭasharatha is king, and as king he must honor his commitments, whatever the cost. No one is more profoundly distressed than his father Dasharatha, who worships the ground that Rama walks on. Virtually everyone in the city of Ayodhya is aghast at the thought of the beloved Rama, who is adored by all the people, being exiled to the forest. Students from the Grove School in a scene from the Ramayana At the time, he promised her two wishes, which she never claimed, and spurred on by her scheming maid, she chooses this moment to claim the two wishes. She demands this as her right because, once, many years before, she had saved the life of Dasharatha during a battle. Before this can happen, one of the wives of Dasharatha, Kaikeyi, demands that her own son, Bharata, be named crown prince instead, and that Rama be sent off to live in the forest for fourteen years. One of four brothers, Rama, as the eldest son of King Dasharatha, is about to be proclaimed the crown prince. It has captured the hearts of billions of people over millennia.īriefly, this is the story of Rama and Sita, who are believed to have lived around 1,000 BC: The Ramayana, one of the two great epic poems of India is known, not just throughout India, but all of southeast Asia, and to an extent, throughout the world. Grove School students re-enact a scene from the Ramayana
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