Rama Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Rama (Ramachandra)
Rama is a Hindu deity, his iconography varies
Affiliation	Seventh avatar of Vishnu, Brahman (Vaishnavism), Deva
Abode	Vaikunta, Ayodhya, and Saket
Weapon	Bow and arrow
Texts	Ramayana, Ramcharitmanas
Festivals	Rama Navami, Vivaha Panchami, Deepavali, Dusshera
Personal information
Born	Ayodhya, Kosala (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Consort	Sita
Children	Lava (son) Kusha (son)
Parents	Dasharatha (father) Kaushalya (mother) Kaikeyi (step-mother) Sumitra (step-mother)
Siblings	Lakshmana (brother) Bharata (brother) Shatrughna (brother) Shanta (Eldest Sister)
Dynasty	Raghuvanshi-Ikshvaku-Suryavanshi

Rama is the Seventh Avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism. He was a king of ancient India. His wife is Sita, who is the Avatar of Lakshmi.

He is the hero of the ancient Hindu epic poem, The Ramayana (from Sanskrit: The Journey of Rama). In this legend, Rama is born in Ayodhya. His father is King Dasharatha. His stepmother has him exiled from the kingdom, and Rama goes to live as an ascetic in the forests. He is also known as Maryada Puroshottam, which means he teaches humanity how to live life without sacrificing the happiness and interest of others. He is the perfect human form of "prabhu" or God. Ram is a popular God and revered across India and Nepal.

He is said to have come to earth again to give Darshan to Sant Shiromani Shree Goswami Tulasidas.

Ram naam or the calling out Ram's name is said to purify one's very soul.

According to legend, Rama and Sita had two sons, Lava or Lav and Kashava or Kash.

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Gold carving depiction of the legendary Ayodhya at the Ajmer Jain temple
Rama is portrayed in Hindu arts and texts as a compassionate person who cares for all living beings.
Rama Raj Tilak from Ramayana
The Rama story is carved into stone as an 8th-century relief artwork in the largest Shiva temple of the Ellora Caves, suggesting its importance to the Indian society by then.
1870 painting on mica entitled, Incarnation of Vishnu
Valmiki composing the Ramayana.
Rama (left third from top) depicted in the Dashavatara (ten incornations) of Vishnu. Painting from Jaipur, now at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Rama (Yama) and Sita (Thida) in Yama Zatdaw, the Burmese version of the Ramayana
In Northern, Central and Western states of India, the Ramlila play is enacted during Navratri by rural artists (above).
Rama's story is a major part of the artistic reliefs found at Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Large sequences of Ramayana reliefs are also found in Java, Indonesia.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hampi monuments in Karnataka, built by the Vijayanagara Empire, includes a major Rama temple. Its numerous wall reliefs tell the life story of Rama.
Rama Temple at Ramtek (10th century, restored). A medieval inscription here calls Rama as Advaitavadaprabhu or "Lord of the Advaita doctrine".
Rama, along with his younger brother Lakshmana and wife Sita, exiled to the forest.
Rama in Forest
Ravana kidnapping Sita while Jatayu on the left tried to help her. 9th-century Prambanan bas-relief, Java, Indonesia.
Hanuman meets Rama in the forest.

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