Valmiki races through Rama’s childhood to get to His marriage, to show the role that Sita is going to play in His life. Janaka’s use of the words “sahadharmacharee tava”, when he gave Sita ...

Raja Ravi Varma’s famous painting also depicts this scene ... It is this Maya-Sita who is taken away by Ravana. When Rama, after defeating Ravana, asks Sita to undergo an agnipariksha (trial ...