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In Ramayana, Lava and Kusha are the twin children of Rama. Sita is the mother of these children.  After returning from Lanka, Rama had ordered to banish Sita and sent her into forest and these two children were born in the hermit’s cottage built on the bank of Tamsa River. This hermit belonged to Valmiki Maharshi.

Meghanada was the son of Mandodari and Ravana. In Ramayana, he could be seen as a loving and devoting elder son of the demon Ravana and he has been widely populated as Indrajit for his past achievements. He had a younger brother Aksha, whom his mother called as Akshayakumara.

Ramayana has become an interesting story due to the wonderful references with respect to air travel. The role of Sampati has been narrated in detail in the past article. To remind a few facts, it is better to memorize them.

On hearing the prayer of Garuda, God Vishnu has blessed two healthy children to him. The elder one is Sampati and the younger is Jatayu. Both of them have performed their services towards Shree Rama, the incarnation of God Vishnu, in sincere devotion.

Initially, in Ramayana, Vibhishana could be observed as a loving and devoting younger brother of the demon, Ravana. He is the son of Kaikashi and his father is Vishrava. Vibhishana is considered as a demon but his ancestral history is rooted to a Gandharva Princess. The mother of Kaikashi is Ketumati and the father is Sumali. Sumali’s father is Sukesha and Sumali’s mother is the Gandharva Princess Manimaya. Sumali had fourteen children and Kaikashi was one of them. Thus, the palace of the great grandmother of Vibhishana could be only guessed.

In Ramayana, Shatrughna is a loving and devoting youngest brother of Rama. He is the younger son among the twin babies born to Sumitra and his father is Dasharatha. Shatrughna is considered as the incarnation of the Sudarshana Chakra of the protector God, Maha Vishnu. God Vishnu holds the wheel in his right hand, as a symbol of protection of Dharma. So Shatrughna also is the active character in protecting the Dharma with the incarnation of God Vishnu, Rama.

In Ramayana, Lakshmana is the loving and devoting younger brother of Rama. He is the son of Sumitra and his father is Dasharatha. Lakshmana is considered as the incarnation of the serpent king, Adishesha, also known as Sheshanag. God Vishnu takes rest, lying over, Adishesha. So he is the mattress to God Vishnu.

The adventures of Hanuman in Ramayana are famous throughout the world. Hanuman who will never die, or in our words, a Chiranjeevi, means, immortal or living forever, is unmarried and has a tail like a monkey or a monkey himself and is also a pure vegetarian.

Sita is the wife of Lord Rama and a great Mother Goddess in Ramayana.  There is only one supreme power in this world.  One may address it as a God or Goddess and in the case of Sita, she is the incarnation of the great Goddess Mother Earth, the wife of Shree Vishnu, known as Bhoodevi. Earth has the maximum tolerance power. Shree Shankaracharya in his commentary on Bhagavad Geetha already explained that the soul is a part of that Mother Goddess and that supreme power resides in the hearts of all living beings. There is only one supreme power and in this life itself people could realize that in Mother Goddess. Provided by his philosophy of Advaitha, only one incarnation of that supreme power, could be seen at a time, in front of our eyes, in human form. He is a great devotee of Mother Goddess. Before the incarnation of the Mother Goddess as Sita, she was invisible, manifesting in all the five fundamental items, i.e., the earth, air, fire, sky and water.