Of all their travails, the most notable is the kidnapping of Sita by demon-king Ravana, followed by the determined and epic efforts of Rama and Lakshmana to gain her freedom and destroy the evil Ravana against great odds.
Though born in a royal family, their life is described in the Hindu texts as one challenged by unexpected changes such as an exile into impoverished and difficult circumstances, ethical questions and moral dilemmas. His siblings included Lakshmana, Bharata, and Shatrughna. Rama was born to Kaushalya and Dasharatha in Ayodhya, the ruler of the Kingdom of Kosala. In Rama-centric traditions of Hinduism, he is considered the Supreme Being. He is the seventh avatar of the god Vishnu, one of his most popular incarnations along with Krishna and Gautama Buddha. Rama or Ram ( / ˈ r ɑː m ə/ Sanskrit: राम, IAST: Rāma), also known as Ramachandra, is a major deity of Hinduism. Hinduism and Jainism / and Buddhism / and Sikhism / and Judaism / and Christianity / and Islam.
