Sita
Sign in to saveSita (; ), also known as Siya, Jānaki and Maithili, is a Hindu goddess and the female protagonist of the Hindu epic Ramayana. Sita is the consort of Rama, the avatar of god Vishnu, and is regarded as an avatar of goddess Lakshmi. She is the chief goddess of the Ramanandi Sampradaya and is the goddess of beauty and devotion. Sita's birthday is celebrated every year on the occasion of Sita Navami.
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Sita is a Hindu goddess and the main female character in the Ramayana, an important Hindu epic, who is the wife of Rama (an avatar of the god Vishnu) and is herself considered an avatar of the goddess Lakshmi. She matters in Hindu tradition as a chief goddess in the Ramanandi Sampradaya and a symbol of beauty and devotion, with her birthday celebrated annually as Sita Navami.
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- Hindu
- Deity.name
- Sita
- Deity.Devanagari
- सीता
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- Female
- Deity.Sanskrit_transliteration
- Sītā
- Deity.image
- Sita in exile.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Lithograph of Sita in exile
- Deity.affiliation
- Avatar of Lakshmi
- Deity.dynasty
- Vidēha (by birth)Raghuvamsha-Suryavamsha (by marriage)
- Deity.consort
- Rama
- Deity.day
- Friday
- Deity.avatar_birth
- Mithila, Videha (either present-day Janakpur, Madhesh Province, Nepal or present-day Sitamarhi district, Bihar, India)
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- Etymology and other names
- Legends
- Birth and early life
- Marriage to Rama
- Exile and abduction
- Later years and second exile
- Speeches and symbolism
- Literature
- Sita and Radha
- In other versions
- Janaki Ramayana
- Adbhut Ramayana
- Mahaviracharita
- Saptakanda Ramayana
- Iconography
- Outside Hinduism
- Jainism
- Buddhism
- Portrayal and assessment
- Temples
- Worship and festivals
- Hymns
- Festivals
- Sita Navami
- Vivaha Panchami
- Ramlila and Dussehra
- Diwali
- Vasanthotsavam
- Outside the Indian subcontinent
- Indonesia
- Wayang story
- Cambodia
- In other countries
- Influence and depiction
- Paintings
- Music
- Dance and art forms
- Culture
- In popular culture
- Films
- Television
- Plays
- Books
- Others
- See also
- References
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Sita (; ), also known as Siya, Jānaki and Maithili, is a Hindu goddess and the female protagonist of the Hindu epic Ramayana. Sita is the consort of Rama, the avatar of god Vishnu, and is regarded as an avatar of goddess Lakshmi. She is the chief goddess of the Ramanandi Sampradaya and is the goddess of beauty and devotion. Sita's birthday is celebrated every year on the occasion of Sita Navami.
Described as the daughter of Bhūmi (the earth), Sita is brought up as the adopted daughter of King Janaka of Videha. Sita, in her youth, chooses Rama, the prince of Ayodhya as her husband in a svayamvara. After the svayamvara, she accompanies her husband to his kingdom but later chooses to accompany him along with her brother-in-law Lakshmana, in his exile. While in exile, the trio settles in the Dandaka forest from where she is abducted by Ravana, the Rakshasa king of Lanka. She is imprisoned in the garden of Ashoka Vatika, in Lanka, until she is rescued by Rama, who slays her captor. After the war, in some versions of the epic, Rama asks Sita to undergo Agni Pariksha (an ordeal of fire), by which she proves her chastity, before she is accepted by Rama, which for the first time makes his brother Lakshmana angry at him.