Sita is the consort of Rama, the avatar of the god Vishnu, and is regarded as a form of Vishnu's consort, Lakshmi.
33 Facts About Sita
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Sita is known for her dedication, self-sacrifice, courage, and purity.
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Sita is one of the seventeen national heroes of Nepal.
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Sita is imprisoned in the garden of Ashoka Vatika, in Lanka, until she is rescued by Rama, who slays her captor.
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The goddess is best known by the name "Sita", derived from the Sanskrit word sita, furrow.
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The word Sita was a poetic term, which signified fertility and the many blessings coming from settled agriculture.
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In Harivamsa, Sita is invoked as one of the names of the goddess Arya:.
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Sita is called Janaki as the daughter of Janaka and Maithili as the princess of Mithila.
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Sita was discovered, adopted and brought up by Janaka, king of Mithila and his wife Sunaina.
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When Sita reaches adulthood, Janaka organizes a Swayamvara in Janakpurdham with the condition that Sita would marry only that person who would be able to string Pinaka, the bow of the god Shiva.
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Devi Sita while playing with her sisters in childhood had unknowingly lifted the table over which the bow had been placed; this was something that no one in Mithila could do.
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Rama marries Sita, Bharata marries Mandavi, Lakshmana marries Urmila and Shatrughna marries Shrutakirti.
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Sita, attracted to its golden glow asked her husband to make it her pet.
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When Rama and Lakshmana went far away from the hut, Ravana kidnapped Sita, disguising himself as a mendicant.
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Sita gave Hanuman her jewellery and asked him to give it to her husband.
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Sita was finally rescued by Rama, who waged a war to defeat Ravana.
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The common folk started gossiping about Sita and questioned Ram's decision to make her queen.
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Sita, who was pregnant, was given refuge in the hermitage of Valmiki, where she delivered twin sons named Kusha and Lava.
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Once she had witnessed the acceptance of her children by Rama, Sita sought final refuge in the arms of her mother Bhumi.
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Sita had caught a pair of divine parrots, which were from Valmiki's ashram, when she was young.
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The second time Sita is shown talking prominently is when she speaks to Ravana.
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Ravana has come to her in the form of a mendicant and Sita tells him that he does not look like one.
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Sita refuses as she does not want to run away like a thief; instead she wants her husband Rama to come and defeat Ravana to save her.
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Sita is the daughter of King Janak and Queen Videha of Mithalapuri.
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Sita has a brother named Bhamandal who is kidnapped soon after his birth by a deity due to animosity in a previous life.
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Sita is thrown into a garden of Rathnupur where he is dropped into the arms of King Chandravardhan of Rathnupur.
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Ram and Sita get married due to Bhamandal and in the course of events Bhamandal realises that Sita is his sister.
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Sita is considered to be a child of Mother Earth, produced by union between the king and the land.
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Sita is a personification of Earth's fertility, abundance, and well-being.
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Sita has been portrayed as an ideal daughter, an ideal wife and an ideal mother in various texts, stories, illustrations, movies, and modern media.
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Janaki Mandir of Janakpur, Nepal is a center of pilgrimage where the wedding of Sri Rama and Sita took place and is re-enacted yearly as Vivaha Panchami.
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Sita rose from his throne and wanted to behead Kanun.
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Sita immediately made the black mega cloud into a baby boy who would later be named Megananda or Indrajit.