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14 unusual facts about Sītā


Ajodhya Hills

According to Hindu mythology, Rama and Sita had come to Ayodhya Hills and stayed during their exile.

Durga Vahini

The Vishva Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal claimed the play depicted Rama, Sita, Laxman and Hanuman in "indecent" way.

Hakgala Botanical Garden

In the folklores, it says Sri Lankan demon King Ravana after abducting Sita, kept her hidden in this area and area was offered to Sita as a pleasure garden, the place finds mention in the Ramayana as Ashok Vatika.

José Palmeira Lessa

On June 21, 1982, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and titular bishop of Sita.

Kurumbera Fort

Folk legends believe that the fort was built in a single night, when Ram, Sita visited the place, during their Vanvas.

Maithil

The kingdom appears in the Ramayana; according to it and other ancient texts, it is the birthplace of Sita.

Philippine folk music

The dance recounts the story of Putri Gandingan (Sita) as she was saved by Rajahmuda Bantugan (Rama) from crashing rocks, represented by bamboo poles.

Ramgarh, Ambikapur

It is also believed that Ramgarh lies on the way to Lanka, the Ravan (The demon who kidnapped Sita) took Sita (wife of lord Ram) from.

Ravana Falls

According to legend, it is said that Ravana (who was the king of Sri Lanka at the time) had kidnapped princess Sita, and had hidden her in the caves behind this waterfall, now simply known as the Ravana Ella Cave.

Shringverpur

According to the local folklore, it was at this place that Rama crossed the river Ganges on his way to exile along with Sita and Lakshmana.

Sita

The Kausik-sutra and the Paraskara-sutra associate her repeatedly as the wife of Parjanya (a god associated with rains) and Indra.

Ravana has come to her in the form of a Brahmin and Sita tells him that he doesn't look like one.

Tamsa River

In the evening Rama, Lakshmana and Sita and all the people reached the banks of the Tamsa.

Tenzing Communications

In 2004, Tenzing merged its operations into a new company, OnAir, formed with SITA and Airbus.


Aarudhra

Ramudiki Sita Yemautundi? or How is Sita related to Rama?, put before the public the riddle of Mandodari, Sita and Hanuman and their origins in a lucid and scholarly way.

African Cats

The film begins by introducing Sita, a cheetah who lives in the vast plains of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.

Air Dravida

The airline was ready with its lease negotiations for aircraft, fuel supply agreement with Hindustan Petroleum, Passenger Services System with SITA, arrangements for its IATA two letter code and membership and several others including shortlisting of professionals.

Airline teletype system

In 1949, the Société Internationale de Télécommunication Aeronautique (SITA) was formed as a cooperative by 11 airlines: Air France, KLM, Sabena, Swissair, TWA, British European Airways, British Overseas Airways Corporation, British South American Airways, Swedish A. G. Aerotransport, Danish Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S, and Norwegian Det Norske Luftfartselskap.

Annette Hanshaw

Another revival of interest occurred in 2008 with the use of Hanshaw's music throughout the full-length indie animated feature Sita Sings the Blues, which retells the Indian epic poem the Ramayana from Sita's perspective by setting scenes from it to performances by Hanshaw.

Arrow of Brahma

Finally, Rama fired the arrow of Brahma that had been imparted to him by Agastya, a sage and heavenly historian, while Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana were exiled in Dandaka Forest.

Bhūmi

She is also the divine wife of Varaha, an Avatar of Vishnu, the mother of Sita (note the symbolism of the baby Sita being found in a ploughed field).

Chunchanakatte Falls

It is also said that when Sita Mata was tired and weary and wanted to have a bath, Lord Ram directed Lakshman to fire an arrow at a rock, once Lakshmana fired the arrow, water in 3 different shades started pouring out, one with turmeric, one with oil and one with shikakai (fruit for hair - natural shampoo).

Deepika

Deepika Chikhalia (born 1965), Indian actress and Member of Parliament most famous for portraying Sita in Ramanand Sagar's television series

Devipatinam

The legend of Devipattinam is that when Lord Rama was proceeding towards Lanka in search of his wife Sita, Devi Mahishasuramardini; (the killer of the demon Mahishasura) appeared in his dream.

Hinduism in the Philippines

Rama, with his wife Sita and his brother Lakshmana, represent the eventual victory of good over evil, represented by Ravana, the ten-headed demon king.

Janakpuri

The name Janakpuri is also used to describe the Kingdom of Janaka, i.e. Mithila, whose daughter Sita married Lord Rama of Ramayana.

Kapila

It is believed that Lord Hanuman flew back to Rameswaram without the lingam from Himalaya and later a small lingam was installed and consecrated at Rameswaram that Lord Rama and Lady Sita used to worship Lord Shiva.

Mukkamala

His eldest son is Subba Rao, eldest daughter Sita Rajya Lakshmi (an additional district judge at Nellore), second daughter Padmavathi (residing at Guntur), youngest daughter Seshamma (practising High Court advocate in Chennai).

Panchakanya

In similar analogy, writer Vimla Patil associates Ahalya, Draupadi, Sita, Tara and Mandodari with wind, fire, earth, ether and water respectively.

Phalgu

There is reference to the city of Gaya and the Phalgu in the Ramayana in which it says that Sita had cursed the Phalgu River.

Ram Karmabhoomi

Ram Karmabhoomi is the area consisting of Rameshwaram, Dhanushkodi, Adam's Bridge, also known as Rama's Bridge, where the Hindu deity Rama is believed to have conducted his fight against Ravana to rescue Sita.

Rama in Jainism

He, with the help of his brother Lakshmana and King Sugriva rescues Sita.

Ravana Falls

The reason for the kidnapping is said to be a revenge for slicing off the nose of his sister by Rama (husband of Sita) and his brother Laxmana.

Sampoorna Ramayana

Sampoorna Ramayana (English trans.: Complete Ramayana) is a 1961 Indian mythological film, directed by Babubhai Mistry, based on epic Ramayana by Valmiki, starring Mahipal and Anita Guha as Rama and Sita respectively.

Shrutakirti

In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Shrutakirti/Shrutkeerti (IAST Śrutakīrti) was the daughter of Kushadbhojan, a brother of King Janaka of Mithilā; hence, she is a cousin of Sītā.

Sita Swayamvar

Sita Swayamvar is the prequel to the followup film Shri Ram Vanvas.

Sitaramayya

Sitaramayya, Sitaramaiah or Sita Ramayya (Telugu: సీతారామయ్య) is one of the Indian names.

Sri Kodandaramaswami Temple

Sri Kodandaramaswami Temple, Tirupati, located in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, is a temple dedicated to the Hindu deities Sita, Rama and Lakshmana.

Vaishnavism

Rama's wife Sita, his brother Lakshman with his devotee and follower Hanuman all play key roles within the Vaishnava tradition as examples of Vaishnava etiquette and behaviour.

Versions of Ramayana

US animation artist Nina Paley retold the Ramayana from Sita's point of view (with a secondary story about Paley's own marriage) in the animated musical Sita Sings the Blues.

Vivaha Panchami

The day is also of great importance at Janakpur in Nepal, where thousands of pilgrims arrive many from India, as it is believed here that Sita was born at Janakpurdham and got married to Bhagavan Sri Ram here.