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Sita

In Hindu mythology, the consort of Rama and the embodiment of wifely devotion and self-surrender. Her abduction by the demon king Ravan and subsequent rescue are the central incidents within the nice Hindu epic Ramayana (“Romance of Rama”). Sita was raised by King Janaka; she was not his natural daughter but sprang from a furrow when he was ploughing his field. Rama won her as his bride by bending Siva's bow, and she accompanied her husband when he went into exile. Although carried away to Lanka by Ravan, she kept herself chaste by concentrating her heart on Rama all through her lengthy imprisonment. On her return she asserted her purity and in addition proved it by voluntarily present process an ordeal by fire. Rama, nevertheless, banished her to the forest in deference to public opinion. There she gave birth to their two kids, Kuśa and Lava. After they reached maturity and have been acknowledged by Rama to be his sons, she referred to as upon her mom, Earth, to swallow her up.

Sita is worshiped as the incarnation of Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu. She is incessantly depicted in Indian miniature work of the Ramayana, and her photos in bronze are among the many best achievements of South Indian art. These normally type a group, with images of Rama, his brother Lakshmana, and his devotee, the monkey Hanuman; the iconographic texts instruct the artist to show Sita looking at her husband with supreme happiness.