Sita

of the return of Ram and Sita from Ravan. It all starts off when Ram’s father banished Ram and Sita. Sita was the wife of Ram and the goddess of Shakti which is called energy and Ram is the lord of virtue. They were banned from the village of Ayodhya and were commanded to go live in the forest for fourteen years; Lakshman, Ram’s brother, had also joined them. Ravan was king of Sri Lanka and the ten headed demon who kidnapped Sita. Ravan kidnapped her because he thought Sita was a prize and…

The Hindu religion have a caste system that they are placed into based on birth. The individual’s placement in the caste system is life long and permanent because they believe their ranking is based off of the sins and deeds of their previous lives. Their belief is that they are “Following the assumed natural law that an individual soul is born into its appropriate environment, Hindus assume an individual belongs to a caste by birth” (Gannon 402). Hindus feel good when abiding by the rules of…

Matthew Barry Professor Rabbi Yosef Zylberberg CLWR 1810 20 October 2016 The Life of Rama: One of Vishnu’s 10 Avatars Hinduism is a complex and rich religion. Hinduism incorporates a wide variety of gods, all of which respectively symbolize an important factor in the life of Hindus. This essay, will focus on one specific avatar of particular importance, Rama. Stemming from the God Vishnu, Rama is “one of the most worshipped Hindu deities…” (Rama). The focus of this essay will serve to…

Ancient cultures and the mythological texts originating from them have prominent basis on gender roles. Throughout The Ramayana by Valmiki and The Creation of the Universe and Human Beings by Lui An evident gender roles set for men and women remain consistent. Research about the Hindu faith and the goddesses they worship clearifies the Ancient Indian values Valmiki’s The Ramayana symbolizes. Throughout The Creation of the Universe and Human Beings and research regarding the Yin and Yang a…

Hinduism What is religion? Religion is a set of beliefs and experience. There are many religions in the world such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Judaism, Shinto, Daoism, and Confucianism. Every religion has own beliefs systems and experiences. It is based on the individuals’ belief and experiences. Hindu religion is not like the other religions, which based on one person. There are 330 million gods in Hindu religion. It is founded by the Aryan…

incarnation of Visnu, and the perfect husband yet a flawed human (slide 5) who is forever dharmically true to is his pure and saint like wife, Sita. Instead of becoming king, Rama was banished into the forest, which he did so without fuss because it is a king’s dharmic duty to always keep his word. Sita joined him because it is a wife’s dharma to follow her husband. Sita always…

immaturity demonstrated in Kaikeyi is not linked solely to her character, but is also evident in the character Sita. When she is nearly refused ownership of a beautiful, golden deer, Sita becomes sullen, “annoyed and irritated” (Narayan 83). Her desire of this deer, however, was used as a means for Ravana to steal Sita away. Women in this story are used to illustrate correct and incorrect behavior. Sita, intended to be the model of the ideal woman, remains faithful to her husband and stand by…

the tenth day of Navratri, the day came to be known as Dusshera. Ravan was treated as an intelligent man, who was became a dictating ruler due to his ego. Ravana abducted Ram’s wife Sita and kept her in her in an isolated place. On the eve of Dusshera, Lord Rama killed Raavan with the help of an army of monkeys freed Sita from Ravana. The end of Ravana meant the end of bad and evil spirit, as he was a demon by birth too. Dusshera is celebrated by burning the effigy of the Raavan, Kumkaran and…

that Sita was kept captive here. There are prehistoric carvings in the caves which strengthens the fact of Sita’s presence. The second evidence is the existence of Hanuman Garhi in Ayodhya. It is said that Hanuman waited at this place for Lord Rama when the latter was in exile. The third evidence is the footprints of Hanuman which are there in Asoka Vatika in Sri Lanka. It is believed that Lord Hanuman landed at this very place in Sri Lanka when he flew from Indian coast in order to find Sita.…

more common for men. In the Ramayana story, Rama, a prince, was banned from his kingdom as a result of his stepmother’s actions against him being the next king. He was banished for 14 years by his father, King Dasaratha. During this period, his wife, Sita was captured by Ravana, a demon who had been tormenting Rama’s city of Ayodhya. This caused a great war…