Week 12: Tuesday Reading

Sita and Ravana

After Sita's imprisonment by Ravana tried wooing her with gold and palaces. She was confines to a beautiful palace with gold floors and rakshashis guarding the gates. While he tried wooing her, Sita refused outright and reminded him that Rama would slay him. Ravana left after giving Sita an ultimatum to accept him or be tortured to death. 

Sita and Hanuman

When Hanuman first showed up in front of Sita, she thought it was Ravana trying to deceive her. But when Hanuman showed her his ring, she grew delightful. Hanuman promised to defeat the tyrant alongside Lord Rama and offered to carry her back. Sita refused due to here modesty and told Hanuman about the ultimatum Ravana had given her. 

Author's Notes

I picked two continuous stories from the Public domain part of the Ramayana reading. I wanted to catch up on some Ramayana on my blog inorder to add some of my own twists in storytelling this week.

Hanuman meets Sita 

Hanuman would later go on to light Lanka on fire and wreck havoc in Ravana's kingdom. 

Source: 

1. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913),   

2. Ramayana, The Epic of Rama, Prince of India, condensed into English verse by Romesh Dutt (1899)