< RAMAYAN RAS >
And it went like,I always dreamt of playing me as sita on stage
right from the childhood when I watch ramayan on DD National.
So,I was surely lucky enough to play it on stage,Thanks to the
Team!
Sita,some see Sita as a pati vrata,The ideal women.Some see her as
victimized yet,Others see a more liberated sita,a cherished wife of Sri Rama.She was outspoken,Freely expressed herself,was tempted by the material
golden deer,spoke haersh words,regret,loved her husband,was faithful to
him,served her family,did not get seduced by the glamour and material objects
in lanka(ravan's palace),Faced her suspicious husband and reconciled her
marriage.
When poet describes the love of rama and sita he uses highly
poetical & suggestive language.He says,
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| Sita saw Sri Rama for the first time. |
"They read each other's thoughts readily,In fact these told
each other what they wanted.The tongue and the lips did not play any part nor
perhaps did the eyes,heart spoke to heart.hridaya &hridaya commingled.The
desire of each other was known to the other.It is difficult to say who loved
whom more".
Swyamvar(is a process of marriage in which a princess chooses a
man with whom she is going to marry) Sita is the daughter of a king named Janak, who had kept a condition that whoever lifts that bow "LORD
SHIVA" will be eligible to marry her daughter Sita.consequencly Sri Rama did so, and marry her.
Following below the glimpse from the Ayodhaya kanda in which Sri Rama tells Sita about his excile to forest for 14 years,Sita didn't want him to go away all alone,so she requests Sri rama to take her along.
The devastated dashratha(father of Sri Rama) has no choice and Sri Rama is ready to leave for excile. Sita and Laxman will not leave hs side however & follow him into the forest.
Kevat(The boat man) met them on the way to forest,welcomed three of them on his boat & he them to cross the river.
After walking for long distances Sita was dying of thirst as there was no water around.
In this following picture she is requesting her husband Rama and brother-iin-law Laxman to bring water for her.
They lived in the forest by building a hut,while in the forest,Surphanka, A female Rakshasi(demoness) tries to seduce Rama by disguise herself into a beautiful "Apsara" and wounded by laxman while trying to kill sita.
Surphanaka went to her brother Ravana (king of lanka) & as him to avenge her.
ravan has heard of sita'ss beauty & he decides to abduct her using trickery & magic,He manages to send Rama and Laxman away from sita & kidnaps her and take her to lanka.
In this picture Ravana the king of Lanka who is half rakshasa and half bhraman by cast,comes and disguise himself into priest & asks Sita for bhiksha(is a term used for donation in the form of food,goods etc.)
Sita asks priest to excused her as she can't come out of Laxman rekha(a line on earth drawn by Laxman for her to save her from tricks and magics)
This infuriated the priest who is actualy the ravan,and he angrily tells her that he will curse her and her family.
Risking her own security she chose to come out of the rekha.
The moment she comes out of the rekha,The priest comes into his real form which is ravan.He catches her and takes her to lanka.
during the search for Sita in the forest,Sri Rama along with Laxman reached the hut of Mata Sabari."Mata sabari" was an ardent devotee of Sri Ram,who is overwhelmed with joy due to the arrival of Sri Rama in her hut,had nothing to to offer to Sri Ram.
Tears trikled from her eyes and then she rememebered about the ber(wild fruit) that she had collected the other day.Mata Sabari was not sure whether the fruits were tastsy or sour.So she tasted them first a little and threw away all that was sour and not good,To make sure Sri Rama gets only the sweet ber,So when she was about to offer it to Sri Rama she realised that she had bitten all the fuits.she didn't want to offer the half eaten friuts to Sri Rama.
Sri Rama realizes the difficulty that lady wad facing,he asked Sabari to share the half eaten fruits.
After spending several days in saddness remembering Sri Rama in Ashok Vatika(is a small garden in lanka,where Ravan had kept Sita after abduction)
One day she is informed by Hanuman(is a devotee of Sri Rama ,and also a brave & powerfull monkey incarnation of lord Sri Rama) about the well being of Rama & Laxman,Give a ring of Rama to Sita and give her assurance that lord Rama will come for her rescue soon.
After gaining victory over the lanka & recue Sita from Ravana's abduction.Lord Rama asks Sita for agani pariksha,she cleared it successfully
Sri Rama, Laxman and Sita they happily go to ayodhaya.
So the famous Festival Diwali is celebrated for the return of lord Sri Rama his wife Sita and brother Laxman,In which whole ayodhaya decorated beautifuly with lights,Flowers and colours.
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deep jalao deep jalao..!!