![]() ![]() Though Dasaratha tried to dissuade Kaikeyi from demanding that her wishes be fulfilled, Rama would have none of it. Kaikeyi, invoking that promise, listed her two wishes, namely that Rama should be exiled for fourteen years and that her son, Bharata, should be crowned king. Kaikeyi, who wanted her son to be the king, reminded Dasaratha that he had, when she had saved his life long ago, promised to grant her two wishes whenever she wanted them. As Rama was the eldest, Dasaratha planned to coronate him. ![]() Rama was an epitome of virtue and valour, as were all his brothers. Rama’s wife, Sita, is the heroine of the Ramayanam. Kaikeyi’s son, Bharata, and Sumitra’s sons, Lakshmana and Shatrugna, followed. Rama, the eldest of the sons, was born to Kausalya. His father, King Dasaratha, had three wives – Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi. Ramayanam is the story of Rama, a prince of Ayodhya, who lived five to six thousand years or more ago.
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