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13" Hand Carved Suar Wood Rama & Sita Sculpture - Dedications
$255.78
$127.89
Size: 13" x 8" x 3"
ID:
SC0028
Materials:
Suar Wood
Descriptions:
This exquisite wood carving offers one of the highest workmanship here. 100% uniquely handcarved by a skilled artisan, to portray Lord Rama and his wife Sita. The story of Lord Rama and Sita forms the core of the Indian epic, the Ramayana, written by sage Valmiki. In Hinduism, Lord Rama is regarded as the seventh avatar of God, Vishnu and worshipped together with his wife Sita and devotee Hanuman, the monkey god. Lord Rama is the son of King Dasaratha and his queen Kausalya, making him a Prince of Ayodhya. At the instigation of Kaikeyi, another of his father's wives, he is banished to a forest. While in exile, his wife, Sita, is kidnapped by Ravana, King of the Rakshasas in Lanka. Rama, along with Hanuman, killed Ravana and rescued his wife Sita. The occasion of his victory over Ravana is celebrated every year by Hindus at Dassera (Vijaya Dashami, the day he won the battle according to the Hindu calendar). On Dassera, effigies of Ravana are burnt to commemorate the victory of good over evil. The burning of Ravana effigies symbolically represents burning the Ravana (the evil) within us. It also signifies the victory of dharma over adharma. Rama also killed Vali, the King of Kishkinda. He rescued Ahalya, wife of great sage Gautama, after she was cursed by her husband for having an affair with Indra. Lord Rama is seen as an ideal of Dharma and noble virtues. His wife, Sita, an incarnation of the Goddess Lakshmi - consort of Shri Vishnu, exemplifies the ideal wife.
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