Angada
Sign in to saveAngada (Sanskrit: अङ्गदः, IAST: Aṅgada) is a legendary vanara in Hinduism. He helps Rama find his wife Sita and fight her abductor, Ravana, in the epic Ramayana. He is the son of Vali and prince of Kishkindha, and is later crowned as the kingdom's monarch. thumb|Angada slays Narantaka
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Hindu
- Deity.name
- Angada
- Deity.parents
- Vali (father), Tara (mother)
- Deity.children
- Dhruva (son)
- Deity.image
- File:The monkey prince Angad is first sent to give diplomacy one last chance.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Angada at Ravana's court
- Deity.affiliation
- Vanara, Vaishnavism
- Deity.texts
- Ramayana
- Deity.region
- Kishkindha
- Deity.gender
- Male
- Deity.birth_place
- Kishkindha Kingdom
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Angada (Sanskrit: अङ्गदः, IAST: Aṅgada) is a legendary vanara in Hinduism. He helps Rama find his wife Sita and fight her abductor, Ravana, in the epic Ramayana. He is the son of Vali and prince of Kishkindha, and is later crowned as the kingdom's monarch. thumb|Angada slays Narantaka
== Legend == Angada is a son of the powerful vanara king Vali and his wife Tara. He is the nephew of Sugriva. After Rama and Sugriva kill his father, Angada joins Rama's forces to rescue mata Sita from Ravana's captivity.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Angada” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.