Rama or Sreerama Chandra is the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Lord Rama is
one of the popular deities in Hindhuism. He is considered as the perfect man in
the world. He is called ‘Maryadha Purushothaman’ in this sense. Our famous epic
‘Ramayana’ describes the story of Sreerama from his birth. Devi Sita, the avathar
of Mahalakshmi, is the wife of Sreerama. Sita is here represented as a concrete
example of perfect woman. Dasaradha, the king of Ayodhya is the father of Rama.
Dasaradha has three wives, Kausalya, kaikeyee and Sumithra. Kausalya’s son is Rama,
Bharatha, Lakshmana, Sathrughna are the brothers of Rama.
For keeping the word of his father, Rama even decided to avoid his kingdom and live
in forest for 14 years. His wife Sita and brother Lakshmana accompanied him through
the way. On the way devi Sita was kidnapped by Ravana, the king of Lanka. Then Rama
made an army with the help of Hanuman and the monkey king Sugriva. Then they killed
Ravana and demolished his kingdom. Lanka then handed over to Vibhishana, brother
of Ravana. After 14 years Rama came back to Ayodhya and became the king. This full
story is written in our epic ‘Ramayana’. Even though he is incarnation of Lord Vishnu,
he lived as a human, with all qualities of an ideal man. He thus showed others,
how to live like an ideal man.
