Friday, February 2, 2018

Reading Notes: Ramayana PDE Part D

Valmiki's Hermitage

Characters in the Scene: 
Lakshmana
Rama
Lava
Kusha
Sita

Plot:
Rumors are rampant about Sita's unfaithfulness to Rama due to her imprisonment at Ravana's. Rama decides to send Sita to exile where she stays with Valmiki and has two sons named Lava and Kusha. Rama still has guilt about killing Rama so he sends a horse for sacrifice but the horse is captured by the twins so Lavashmana leads an army to retrieve the horse but ends up getting killed by the twins. Rama then personally goes with his own army and meets his children for the first time but the twins do not know who their father is.

Setting: At Rama's palace and then at Valmiki's hermitage

Story Idea: It wasn't enough that Rama made Sita walk through fire to prove her loyalty to Rama but he has to exile her even after all of that? I want to change the story by getting rid of the rumors and instead have people talk about how happy they are that Rama and Sita, the power couple, are finally reunited. I especially want to take out the exile because if the exile never happened, Lakshmana would still be alive too! However, I want to keep the part where she has the two kids!


Sita with her children: Ram

Bibliography. "Ramayana" from Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie, web source

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