Sunday, November 18, 2012

Rama Navami festival


  1. Who was Dasaratha? King of Ayodhya
  2. Which country did he rule? Kosala
  3. What was the capital of Kosala?  Ayodhya.
  4. Which river was flowing near AyodhyaSarayu.
  5. How many wives did Dasaratha have? three
  6. What were their names? Kowsalya,Kaikeyi and Sumitra.
  7. How did Dasaratha rule his kingdom? very wisely.
  8. Were all his subjects happy and contented? yes
  9. How many wise ministers did he have? eight
  10. Who was his master,preceptor and Guru? Sage Vasista
  11. Which dynasty or vamsa did he belong? Surya
  12. Who was his family deity? Lord Ranganatha.
  13. Where is the temple of Lord Ranganatha? In SriRangam in Tamil Nadu.(India)
  14. What was his only regret?he did not have a issue/ a son  as his successor.
  15. What  did he do? He consulted his Master Sage Vasista.
  16. What did his master advise? to do a special fire sacrifice a yaga 
  17. What was the yaga called? Puthra Kama Ishti.
  18. Did Dasaratha perform the yaga? yes.
  19. Who came from the sacrificial fire? A divine ambassador
  20. What did he bring with him? A golden vessel.
  21. What was there in the golden vessel? Kheer/payasam/ sweet porridge
  22. What  did he tell Dasaratha?To distribute that  among his three wives.
  23. Did Dasaratha do that? yes
  24. What happened? Kowsalya delivered Rama,Kaikeyi delivered Bharath and Sumitra delivered Lakshman and Satrugna.
  25. Who were all happy? King Dasaratha was happy.Kowsalya was happy. Kaikeyi was happy so also Sumitra.
  26. Are you not happy? yes I am
  27. How do we celebrate the birth of Rama and his brothers? as Rama Navami.
  28. Do you know this story now? yes/
  29. What must you do if you are an Indian?I must know at least this much from Ramayana the epic of India.

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