Doubts and Discussions from the Ramayan - Page 11

thanks vibs for all the info😊

Originally posted by: Vibhishna

Yes, all the vanar sena went to Ayodhya along with Lord Ram. The epic mentions that all the way, Lord Ram pointed out the places they (Ram and Lakshman) had travelled by on the way to Lanka. It is not mentioned anywhere that thay had stopped or visited anyone. But when they entered Ayodhya it was mentioned that Mother Kaushalya welcomed and dressed the vanar womenfolk in royal finery.

Originally posted by: ananyacool

Perfectly right, winnerasha I too thought Sita should have agreed to wear atleast the jewellery that Trijata gets for her because , its a custom (even now) for a married woman ,not to deny jewellery if someone gives it to her..... ..

According to Valmiki Ramayan, Shri Ram instructs in specific words to Vibhishana that Sita should appear in public in clothes and jewellery befitting to a woman of royal family, while Sita wanted to come the way she was in the prison; its on Vibhishana behest and knowing the orders of Shri Rama that she agrees to be present in royal clothes n jewellery.

Originally posted by: Vibhishna

In the Valmiki Ramayan, Ram asked Sita to be brought before him dresses in royal clothes. If they had shown it in this serial, I think, they would have shown Sita wearing ornaments too.

Originally posted by: bharat999

Have a question.

In the serial they showed that when Shri Ramji sends Vibhishan, Hanumanji and Angad to bring Sita mata, Shri Rama hears few Vanars talking about Sita maya that she was kidnapped by Ravan and lived there for such a long time etc etc? Is it true?..mean..did those or any of the vanars thought in that way (like few aydohya vasi did) like Sitaji living at Ravan's place for such a long time and did she manage to protect herself etc?

Originally posted by: chen2chic

It may be in some version, I do not know of a source which says this Vanar talk explicitly, but it was probably to show what the common man may think about Maa Sita. This was the explanation given by another member in this forum.

Originally posted by: chen2chic

Shri Ram's Brahmahatti Dosh.........

Acc. to a Srilankan version, It is said that after his victorious battle Shri Ram left for Ayodhya with Sita in the Pushpak Vimana. He felt he was being followed by Bramhatti dosh as he had killed King Ravana who was a Brahmin. When the Vimana was passing over Munneswaram in North Srilanka, he felt the vimana vibrating, and realised the "Brahmatti Dosh" was not following him at this particular point. He stops the vimana at this juncture and asks for a remedy. It is said God Shiva blessed Shri Ram and advised installing four Shiva lingams one each at Manavari (about 80km north of Colombo), Thirukoneshwaram (Triconomalee in Srilanka), Thiruketheshwaram (in Ealam in Srilanka) and Rameshwaram in India, as the remedy to get rid of the dosh. Each of these lingams had to be got from Kailash parvat. The lord at Manavari is called "Ramalinga Shivan". Thirukoneshwaram also has another story of Ravan installing 3 lingams at the three corners of the hill (hence the name Tri-kon-eshwar)

As per the tamil Kamba Ramayan, when Hanuman went to get the Shivlingam for Rameshwaram, Maharishi Agastya advises Shri Ram to make a Shivling of sand and worship it. And when Hanuman returns with the Shivling, this Lingam was placed at the eastern side of the sand Lingam, and Shri Ram said that this lingam brought by Hanuman should be worshipped first. It is said that to this day devotees worship the lingam on the eastern entrance of the temple and then worship the main Rameshwara lingam.

Acc. to another belief in the south, after the war, the Vanar Sena crossed the ocean by the same bridge that they had built, and when Shri Ram stopped at Rameshwaram to install the lingam, the vanar sena had also reached the place, and Shri Ram asked the vanars to stay at Rameshwaram (or I think Sethukarai near Rameshwaram to be exact). He promised to give them darshan of his Raajyaabhishek to them right there.

Originally posted by: chen2chic

It may be in some version, I do not know of a source which says this Vanar talk explicitly, but it was probably to show what the common man may think about Maa Sita.