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Shanta
Shanta (), is the princess of Anga in the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. She is the wife of Rishyasringa. In northern recensions of the epic and later Indian literature, she is regarded as a daughter of King Dasharatha and Queen Kausalya, who was later adopted by King Romapada and Queen Vershini. Legend Shanta was educated in the Vedas, arts, craft as well as in warfare, and was considered to have been very beautiful. One day, while her father, the king Romapada, was busy in conversation with Shanta, a brahmin came to ask for help in cultivation in the days of the monsoon. Romapada did not pay attention to the brahmin's plight. This irritated and enraged the brahmin, who left the kingdom. Indra, the god of rain, was unable to bear the insult to his devotee, so there was little rainfall during the monsoon season resulting in drought in the kingdom. Meanwhile, Dasharatha wanted a son to continue his legacy and enrich his royal dynasty. It was advised that the troubles of both kingd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vershini
Vershini () was the queen of Anga, wife of King Romapada and the adoptive mother of Shanta in the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. Legend Vershini and Kausalya were daughters of Kaushala king Sukaushala and queen Amritaprabha. Vershini was married to Romapada, the king of Anga, and Kausalya to Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya Ayodhya () is a city situated on the banks of the Sarayu river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ayodhya district as well as the Ayodhya division of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ayodhya became th .... Romapada was a good friend of Dasharatha as both of them were educated at the ashram of the sage Vasistha. Shanta was born to Dashratha and Kausalya. Shanta was later given to Romapada as his foster child by Dashratha when Vershini said about having children and Dashratha promised to give Shanta to adoption as he wedded Kaikeyi and Sumitra in hopes of having more children. Later, Shanta was wedded to sage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Romapada
Romapada (), also known Chitraratha and Lomapada, was a king of Anga, and the adoptive father of Shanta in the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. Legend Early life Romapada was the youngest son of the Yadava king Vidarbha. Vidarbha had many sons, but his friend King Dharmaratha of Anga was heirless. Thus, Dharmaratha adopted Romapada. When Dharmaratha grew old, he made Romapada the ruler of Anga. Meeting with Rishyasringa After Dharmaratha retired to the forest, Romapada became the King of Anga. He married Varshini, who was the elder sister of Kausalya (mother of Rama). Kausalya's husband - King Dasharatha of Ayodhya (Ramayana), Ayodhya was Romapada's childhood friend. Romapada and Varshini did not have any issue; Dasharatha promised them his first child. A daughter Shanta was born to Dasharatha and Kausalya. Shanta was then adopted by the childless Romapada. Once, a Brahmin named Shuvateertha came to Romapada to ask for help, but the king called him back in the evening. When he vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kausalya
Kausalya (, ) is a queen of Kosala in the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. She is the first senior queen consort of Dasharatha, who ruled Kosala from its capital Ayodhya. She is the mother of Rama, the male protagonist of the epic. She is a secondary character in the ''Ramayana'', so only aspects of her life are described in detail. Legend Birth Valmiki, the author of the ''Ramayana'', does not mention the names of Kausalya's parents, but in the chapter titled, '' Ayodhyakanda'' she is described as ''Kosalendraduhitā'' (i.e., daughter of the king of Kosala). Kosala was a region of ancient India, which had Ayodhya as its capital. The Padma Purana also explains that Kausalya was the daughter of a Kosalan prince. Later texts name her as the daughter of the King Sukaushala and Queen Amritaprabha of Dakshina Kosala. At her traditionally ascribed birthplace, there exists a temple dedicated to her called the Mata Kaushalya Temple, which is perhaps among the few temples dedicated to her. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rishyasringa
Rishyasringa (; ; Pali: Isisiṅga) is a rishi mentioned in Hindu and Buddhist scriptures from the late first millennium BCE. According to the Hindu epics ''Ramayana'' and ''Mahabharata'', he was a boy born with the horns of a deer who became a seer and was lured by royal courtesans, which led to the yajna (fire sacrifice) of King Dasharatha. His story also occurs in the Buddhist Jatakas, where he is mentioned as the son of Bodhisatta and was tried to be seduced by royal courtesans. Hindu legends The story of Rishyasringa briefly appears in the ''Ramayana'', while a detailed account is narrated in the ''Mahabharata''. Birth According to the ''Mahabharata'', Vibhandaka, a renowned sage and a son of Kashyapa, travels in Mahahrada, when he sees Urvashi, the most beautiful apsara (nymph). Aroused, he emits his seed, which fell into the river. A doe, who is a cursed apsara, swallows it and becomes pregnant due to the sage's miraculous powers. After she gives birth to a boy, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siya Ke Ram
''Siya Ke Ram'' ( ''Sita's Ram'') is an Indian television series on Star Plus produced by Nikhil Sinha under the banner of Triangle Film Company. This show presents the epic ''Ramayana'', the story of Sita and Rama from Sita's perspective. The show features Madirakshi Mundle and Ashish Sharma playing as Goddess Sita, Lord Rama and Karthik Jayaram as Raavan. It premiered on 16 November 2015 and ended on 4 November 2016. Plot The main plot is taken from the Hindu epic ''Ramayana'', which was written by Sage Valmiki, and Adbhuta Ramayan, and follows the story through Sita's perspective. Baal Kand When Mithila suffers from a drought for twelve years, its childless King Janak builds a golden plough and unearths a baby girl as he begins to plough. The baby's first cry leads to rainfall. Rishi Yagyavalkya suggests that Janak keep the baby and so he names her Sita. Soon after, Janak and his wife have another daughter they name her as Urmila. Janak's younger brother Kushadhwaja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Characters In The Ramayana
'' Ramayana'' is one of the two major Sanskrit ancient epics (''Itihasa''s) of Hindu literature. It was composed by sage Valmiki. This is a list of important figures that appear in the epic. A * Agastya: Rishi (sage). Son of sage Pulastya and brother of sage Vishrava. He was an uncle of Ravana. Agastya and his wife Lopamudra met Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana during their exile and gave them a divine bow and arrow. * Ahalya: Wife of the sage Gautama Maharishi. Many Hindu scriptures say that she was seduced by Indra (the king of the gods), cursed by her husband for infidelity, and liberated from the curse by Rama (an avatar of Vishnu). * Akampana: A a maternal uncle of Ravana. He was one of ten sons of Sumali and Ketumathi. He also had four sisters. He was one of the survivors of the battle between Khara and Dushana along with Shurpanakha. After escaping the deadly carnage, he instigated Ravana to kidnap Sita, thus indirectly making him one of the masterminds behi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dasharatha
Dasharatha (, IAST: Daśaratha; born Nemi) was the king of Kosala, with its capital at Ayodhya, in the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. Dasharatha married Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi. He was the father of Rama, the protagonist of the epic Ramayana, Bharata, Lakshmana, and Shatrughna. Dasharatha also finds mention in the ''Vishnu Purana''. Legend Early life and marriage King Dasharatha was believed to be an incarnation of Svayambhuva Manu, the son of the Hindu creator god, Brahma. Dasharatha was born as the son of King Aja of Kosala and Indumati of Vidarbha. He was originally named Nemi, but he acquired the moniker ''Dasharatha'' ('ten chariots') as his chariot could move in all ten directions, fly, and return to earth, and he could fight with ease in all of these directions. Dasharatha became the ruler of Kosala after the death of his father. He was a great warrior who subjugated many of the neighbouring kingdoms with his prowess and slew many asuras in battle. According to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaisali (film)
''Vaisali'' is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language epic mythological drama film directed and edited by Bharathan. Produced by M. M. Ramachandran and scripted by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, it was an adaptation of a sub-story told by Vedavyasa to Yudhishthira in the epic ''Mahabharatha''. It is the story of Vaisali, a devadasi girl who was assigned the mission of seducing Rishyasringa, the son of Vibhandaka and bringing him to Champapuri to perform a Yajna to bring rain. Plot Years ago, a certain Brahmin had visited the kingdom of Anga. Lomapadan, the king of Anga, failed to pay respect to the Brahmin. In retaliation, the Brahmin cursed the king that his kingdom would not experience any rains in the coming years and that the kingdom would suffer a severe drought. Thus, Anga suffered for almost twelve years. Lomapadan, having had enough, decides to visit his rajguru to seek for a solution. The rajguru was now living at the outskirts of the kingdom's capital Champapuri to desuade his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anga
Anga was an ancient Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan tribe of eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age in India, Iron Age. The members of the Aṅga tribe were called the Āṅgeyas. Counted among the "sixteen great nations" in Buddhist texts like the Anguttara Nikaya, Aṅga also finds mention in the Jain Vyakhyaprajnapti's list of ancient janapadas. Location Aṅga proper was located between the Chandan River, Champā river to the west and the Rajmahal hills to the east. However, at times, its territories did extend to the sea in the south, or included Magadha (Mahajanapada), Magadha in the west. The capital of Aṅga, named Campā, was located at the confluence of the Campā and Ganges, Gaṅgā rivers, and corresponds to the modern-day area of Champapuri, Campāpurī and Champanagar in Bhagalpur the eastern part of the Indian state of Bihar, Bihār. According to the Jataka tales, s, Campā was also called Kāla-Campā, while Puranas, Puranic texts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zalak Desai
Zalak Desai (born 21 December 1992) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television. Desai is known for her portrayal of Sarala Ambar Raghuvanshi in ''Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai'', Anmol Singh in '' Mooh Boli Shaadi'', Rukmini in ''RadhaKrishn'' and Khyati Patel Kothari in '' Anupamaa''. Life and career Zalak is the daughter of Gujarati actress Falguni Desai. She was born and brought up in Mumbai. Zalak started her career at the age of 16 in serial ''Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai'' in 2009, just after she completed her 10th standard with 90 percentage aggregate from R.N. Shah High School, Mumbai. She took a break to complete her 12th and graduation in B.Sc Biotechnology from Mithibai College (University of Mumbai) and returned in the Sony Entertainment Television's serial '' Mooh Boli Shaadi'' in 2015. Later, she worked in the serial '' Mooh Boli Shaadi''. She played Komal in Laado 2. In December 2019 she started playing goddess Rukmini alongside Sumedh Mudgalkar and Mallika Singh in St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kullu
Kullu () is a municipal council town that serves as the administrative headquarters of the Kullu district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is located on the banks of the Beas River in the Kullu Valley about north of the airport at Bhuntar, Kullu. Kullu Valley is a broad open valley formed by the Beas River between Manali and Larji. This valley is known for its temples and its hills covered with pine and deodar forest and sprawling apple orchards. The course of the Beas river, originating from Beas Kund presents a succession of hillside settlements studded amongst forests of deodar that tower above pine trees on the lower rocky ridges. Together with the river Beas running through the valley, the town of Kullu offers truly magnificent views. Kullu Valley is sandwiched between the Pir Panjal, Lower Himalayan and Great Himalayan Ranges, located in Northern India, 497 k.m. away from the capital of India. History Historical references about the Kullu valley dat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
