Mythical Hero: Lord Rama What is a hero? In my opinion‚ I think a hero is a person who is admired for courage‚ his noble qualities‚ and a great warrior. Lord Rama was said to be the perfect being‚ as well as the perfect man‚ husband‚ brother‚ king‚ and obedient son. He is usually portrayed holding a bow and arrow‚ as an indicator that he is ready to fight off any evil or demons that he may come across or are put in his path. Along with his wife Sita‚ and his obedient brother Lakshmana‚ beside him
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Rama’s Play in Rama’ Town The Dusshera festival that falls on the 10th day of the waxing moon during the Hindu month of Ashvin (around September or October) celebrates the victory of Rama over Ravana and Ramlila; a dramatic folk play is enacted during this festival. During the Dusshera festival there are many thousands of these Ramlila productions being staged all over India. It is widely enacted throughout northern India. The most popular Ramlilas are those of Ramnagar‚ Varanasi
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Lessons from Ramayana Lessons from Ramayana 25 25 By H H Radhanath Swami 1. Power of Bad Association: It was a known fact in Ayodhya that Kaikeyi loved Lord Rama more than his own son Bharath‚ then how could she become so evil. It is by her bad association with Mantara. 2. Attachment to service & not to the position: Lord Ram was willing to become the king as a service to Maharaj Dasarath and He was also willing to go to the forest as a service to His father. 3. Mission
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of Kosala)‚ whose eldest son was Rama. Dasaratha had three wives and four sons -- Rama‚ Bharata‚ and the twins Lakshmana and Satrughna. Rama -- Dasaratha’s first-born son‚ and the upholder of Dharma (correct conduct and duty). Rama‚ along with his wife Sita‚ have served as role models for thousands of generations in India and elsewhere. Rama is regarded by many Hindus as an incarnation of the god Vishnu. Sita -- Rama’s wife‚ the adopted daughter of King Janak. Sita was found in the furrows of a sacred
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Have you ever felt that people mistreated you so badly‚ just because you looked and acted differently? The story written from by Santha Rama Rau “by any other name” Focuses on two indian sisters named Permila and Santha who are at a new Anglo-indian school who faces the exact same thing. They’re enrolled in this british school because of their mother getting ill. Also the two sisters tried to adjust to their new school‚ but because they were indian they faced so much conflicts. One of them being
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Rama VI (1910 - 1925) King Rama VI‚ also known as Mongkutklao or King Vajiravudh‚ was born on January 1‚ 1881. He was King Rama V’s first son by Queen Saowaphaphongsi. He was educated in England at Sandhurst and Oxford. He studied in England for 9 years and returned to Thailand via the U.S.A.‚ Canada and Japan. He reached Thailand in January‚ 1903 and resided at the Saranrom Palace. He was appointed the Crown Prince in 1894. When King Rama V passed away on October 23‚ 1910‚ Prince Vajiravudh ascended
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King Chulalongkorn‚ Rama V The Fifth King of the Chakri Dynasty THAILAND CELEBRATES many auspicious occasions but none with more feeling or genuine sentiment than the festivities held on October 23rd every year in commemoration of his Majesty King Chulalongkorn. Born September 20‚ 1853‚ King Rama V was to inherit the throne from his father‚ King Monkut (Rama IV)‚ in 1868 at the tender age of 15. Because he was still a child‚ Thailand was governed by regency for the first five years of his reign
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Deepawali is a festival of lights. It comes in the month of Kartik (October/November) on Amavasya day. It is celebrated in the memory of the return of Rama to Ayodhya‚ after 14 years of exile. He got victory over Ravan‚ the king of Lanka. Hence‚ people of Ayodhya illuminated the city to welcome their victorious Rama and express their joy ever since Deepavali has been celebrated with great pomp and show every year throughout the country. Deepawali is also considered as the festival of cleanliness
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Rama is a man unlike many of the leaders in Greek and ancient literature. For one‚ The Ramayana of Valmiki is a much older story‚ one passed from around 2‚000 years ago. Instead of focusing on worldly riches and possessions‚ Rama instead “cannot swerve from the path of dharma”‚ shunning worldly desires such as greed and lust. Like Gilgamesh who is “two-thirds” god and “one-third”‚ he is also a god‚ but a much higher one‚ the “imperishable cosmic being” Visnu (Foster: Tablet I: 50)‚ (Venkatesananda:
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Everyone teaches us to be like Goddess Sita who took the fire ordeal to prove her chastity to her husband and society. Therefore whenever a woman’s chastity is questioned then first and foremost asked to them is to give fire ordeal like Sita. But society doesn’t give man example of Ram that he did not touch any woman during their exile and even when he left her in forest. Then man say they
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