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Also, the concept of Chhaya sita in Agnipariksha story is found in Ramcharitmanas, but in Valmiki Ramayan it was the real Sita who had been kidnapped, not her shadow, so the more controversial version of Sita's Agnipariksha is form Valmiki Ramayan. But even in that one, it was all Lakshmi Narayan's leelas, and Sita herself took the decision for Agnipariksha. Ram never told her to jump into fire.

My answer: Summer...I don't like Winter at all!

Well dear, ASR kind of showed Sita's Agni Pariksha a bit confusing, because while they showed VR's version of it, they used RCM's conversion between Ram and Lakshman beforehand...in RCM, Ram tells Lakshman that Sita has to pass through fire because he has to get his real Sita back, as the one in Lanka is only Chhaya Sita, but in VR, Ram and Lakshman never had that conversation. When Sita makes her way towards Ram, he pretends to disown her publicly because she had stayed with Ravan for 10 months, and in her dismay Sita asks Lakshman to prepare a fire so that she can jump into it and end her life. Instead, she comes out unharmed and everyone receives proof of Sita Mata's purity.

In VR, Sita does not exile herself either (that's not in RCM either...I don't know where the Sagars got that version of the story). Ram exiles her without letting her know and tells Lakshman to leave Sita in Valmiki's ashram. In VR, Ram always knew Sita was in Valmiki's ashram, because while he exiled her, he still thought of her safety and left her under Valmikiji's protection...so he still upheld his duty as the ideal husband.😳 He exiled her as per Raj Dharm, but he fulfilled his marriage duties by leaving Sita with a man who was like her father...he never told Lakshman to leave her just in the forests as movies wrongly show, so though VR does portray a sadder, harsher version of Sita's exile, it depicts Ram to be the caretaker of all, both his praja and Sita. Also in VR, Sita was never known as Vandevi but just Sita...she never had a disguise. So you see, Valmiki's version of Uttarkand is different from what we're used to. I'll PM you about the full story if you want.

I'll PM you dear, but you know, as per Valmiki's Ramayan, Luv Kush never fight with their uncles or father either...those battles weren't in VR, but they are also not fictional stories which the Sagars came up with. They are from Adhyatma Ramayana, another famous version of Ramayan which I really love because of its sheer devotion. Will PM you after I return from work today.

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