1. Two major epics of Hinduism are RAmAyaNa and MahAbhArata.
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2. VAlmIki is the original author of the epic RamAyaNa.
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3. RamAyaNa traditionally belongs to the cosmic cycle of time called 'Treta Yuga'.
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4. Dasharatha had two wives, KausalyA and Kaikeyi.
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5. SrI RAma was born in the Capital city of AyodhyA.
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6. SrI RAma's story appears in Vedas.
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7. MahAbhAratha of VyAsa also has the story of RamAyaNa in it.
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8. Traditionally, the Lord ViShNu has taken ten incarnations (avatAras) on earth
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9. Incarnation of SrI RAma is the fifth in the series of SrI ViShNu's incarnations.
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10. The first major teacher for SrI RAma (and LakShmaNa) was VasiShTha.
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11. LakShmaNa's mother's name was Kaikeyi.
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12. Dasharatha and Sumitra had two sons: LakShmaNa and Shatrughna.
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13. Bharata was out of town when SrI RAma's coronation was announced.
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14. SrI RAma gave up his right to be the King to keep up his father's promise to
Kaikeyi.
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15. LakShmaNa's wife UrmiLA wanted to accompany him to forest during exile.
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16. Dasharatha breathed his last in Kaikeyi's palace.
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17. LakShmaNa suspected Bharata's intentions seeing his army coming to the forest.
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18. Bharata appealed to SrI RAma to come back, but SrI RAma refused the offer.
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19. Kaikeyi also accompanied Bharata when he came to ask SrI RAma to return.
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20. To rule the land on SrI RAma's behalf, Bharata stays on the outskirts of the
Capital.
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21. Guha helped SrI RAma, Sita Sh LakShmaNa to cross the river Ganga in his boat.
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22. Shabari was eagerly waiting for SrI RAma to come near ChitrakUTa.
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23. ShurpanakhA, who came to seduce SrI RAma, was RAvaNa's sister.
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24. RAvaNa approached MAricha only once for help to kidnap SIta.
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25. MAricha appeared in the guise of a golden colored deer, to attract SIta.
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26. KumbhakarNa accompanied RAvaNa when he kidnapped SIta .
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27. JaTAyu , the big bird that fought with RAvaNa, had a brother called SampAti.
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28. SugrIva and VAli were brothers with strained relationship.
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29. HanumAn was the trusted minister of SugrIva.
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30. Angada was the son of SugrIva .
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31. VAli, while dying, told SrI RAma that he could have helped him to rescue SIta.
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32. Immediately after becoming king, SugrIva sent his emissaries to search for SIta.
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33. SIta was kept in captivity by RAvaNa in the park called Ashoka.
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34. RAvaNa wanted SIta to willingly marry him and be one of his queens.
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35. RAvaNa's queen, ManDodari went and met SIta when she was in captivity.
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36. HanumAn identified himself as the messenger of SrI RAma by giving SIta her wedding
ring.
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37. When HanumAn offered to rescue SIta and carry her away from captivity, SIta flatly
refused it.
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38. During the battle, RAvaNa's son Indrajit was killed by LakShmaNa.
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39. KumbhakarNa was killed in the battle by HanumAn.
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40. After killing RAvaNa, SrI RAma went immediately and met SIta.
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41. VibhIShaNa stayed back in Lanka, while SrI RAma returned to AyodhyA.
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42. After returning from exile in the forest, SrI RAma met Bharata at
NandigrAma..
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43. VishvAmitra attended the coronation of SrI Rama.
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44. Repenting Kaikeyi also joined the celebrations along with KausalyA Sh Sumitra.
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45. During the coronation, SIta gratefully gave her pearl necklace to HanumAn.
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46. VAlmIki's narration of SrI RAma's life is in Sanskrit Prose.
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47. Truth, integrity and keeping up one's promise-are the main morals of the
story.
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48. Two major controversial episodes in RamAyaNa questioning the character of SrI RAma
are: VAli's killing, and SIta's 'trial by fire'.
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49. Historians differ in deciding whether VAlmIki wrote Uttara RamAyaNa, the chapter on
SrI RAma's story, past his coronation.
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50. Characters like SrI RAma, SIta, LakShmaNa, HanumAn depicted by VAlmiki are
eternally ideal for emulation.
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