1. Valmiki
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2. • “the Journey of Rama”
• Written by
Valmiki (400)-
considered as
the first true
poet of India
• Written in a rhymed verse form
called sloka, named for soka,
the Sanskrit word for grief
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3. Valmiki spotted a pair of herons
nesting in a tree, and witnessed the
male heron being shot and killed buy a
hunter.
He was so affected by
the female’s grief that
he cursed the hunter
and decided that sloka
was the perfect
medium for conveying
the story of Rama and
the separation from his wife, Sita
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4. the story
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5. King Dasaratha of Kosalas had four sons
1 2
3 4
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6. Vishnu- Vishnu is
regarded as a major
god in Hinduism and
Indian mythology.
He is thought as the
preserver of the
universe while two
other major Hindu
gods Brahma
and Shiva, are
regarded
respectively, as the
creator and
destroyer of the
universe.
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7. Rama
• Most handsome
• Strongest son of
King Dasaratha
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8. Rama met Sita
• Beautiful
• Talented
• Virtous
Daughter of King
Janaka
Rama bent the bow of
King Janaka and
married her
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9. Manthara
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10. Queen Kaikeyi
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11. Rama was exiled to the
forest for 14 years at the will
of his stepmother, who
wished her own son to be
heir to the throne instead of
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12. Sita, his wife, and Lakshmana, his
brother were also exiled with him.
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13. Valmiki
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14. Rama and Lakshmana kill demons, including the
sister of Ravana, a powerful demon with 10 heads and
20 arms who rules the island of Lanka
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16. In revenge for the killing of his sister,
Ravana kidnapped Sita.
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17. Rama allies with Sugreeva,
the king of the monkeys
and Hanuman, the monkey
general who finds Sita.
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18. She remained loyal to Rama and refuses
to let anyone except Rama touch her, even
help her.
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19. THEN… there was war..
Bang
Poww g gg
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TOIN
KKKK
wooshhh K
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20. Rama and the monkeys waged to war.
OOPS…
NOT THIS
WAR
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21. SORT OF LIKE THIS….
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22. Yehey! We won! Huhu
Heheh..haha woooooo
Bwaahhaha
Oink oink
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23. Happy ending?
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24. Not yet .
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25. Rumor spread
about the Sita-
that she had
not been
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faithful

26. Sita bore two sons at the
hermitage of Valmiki
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27. and it was Valmiki who took care of them
even when the had returned to Ayodhya.
Rama, doubted, so brought her wife
to his own court
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28. Since her virtue had been in doubt,
she was asked for an object to prove she had
been loyal to the marriage…
Suddenly…
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29. The earth opened and Earth-mother rose up and
speak on behalf of Sita… then, she took her to
the land of the gods. Thus Sita was taken away
from her husband and the people who doubted
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30. fin
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