They gathered together, and they persuaded many other animals to join them, and they threw stones and rocks into the sea until they had built a great bridge to the island and Rama and his army could cross. Once again, though, Hanuman and his monkey army came to the rescue. But his army could not cross the stormy sea to the dark island where Sita was being kept. So he gathered an army and marched to the sea. Rama was overjoyed that Sita had been found, and had not married Ravana.
Hanuman promised that he would, and he returned to Rama with the precious pearl. “Will you bring Rama to rescue me?” she said. She gave Hanuman one of her remaining jewels, a precious pearl, to show Rama that Hanuman really had found her. Hanuman flew off to the dark island, and found Sita sitting in a garden, refusing to have anything to do with Ravana. So, the monkeys spread out around the world, searching everywhere for Ravana and the kidnapped Sita, and sure enough the word came back that she had been spotted on a dark and isolated island surrounded by rocks and stormy seas. “All the monkeys in the world search for Sita,” said Rama. So he was just the sort of friend that Rama needed. Hanuman was clever and strong and was an enemy of Ravana, and also had lots of monkey followers. The friend was Hanuman, the king of the monkeys.
Soon he found a friend who had also discovered the trail of jewellery. Rama knew what must have happened and he searched around until he found the trail of jewellery. The deer turned out to be a demon in disguise, and it ran off. Meanwhile, Rama realized he had been tricked. So now, as Ravana flew above the forest with her, she began to remove her jewellery and drop it down to leave a trail that she hoped Rama might be able to follow. Sita was princess and she wore a lot of jewellery – necklaces, and many bracelets, and brooches and anklets. But she was not so afraid that she did not think of a way of helping herself. Yes, while Rama was out of sight, the terrible Demon King Ravana came swooping down driving a huge chariot pulled by monsters with wings, and snatched up Sita and flew off with her, up and away. So off Rama went, disappearing into the forest after the deer. “Just let it go.’īut Sita would not listen, and she persuaded Rama to go off and chase the deer. “I just think it might be a trick,” he said. When Rama and Sita were out walking, they saw the deer. It was a lovely animal, with a smooth golden coat and gleaming antlers and big eyes. So he decided to kidnap her, and to do so he played a cunning trick. When Ravana saw Sita, and became jealous and wanted her for himself. And the most terrible of the demons was the Demon King Ravana, who had twenty arms and ten heads, and on each head two fiery eyes and in each mouth a row of big yellow teeth as sharp as daggers. Rama was disappointed, but he accepted his fate and Sita went with him, and they lived a quiet life together deep in the forest.īut this was not an ordinary peaceful forest. But the king had a new wife who wanted her own son to be king, and she was able to trick the king into sending Rama away into the forest.
Prince Rama was the son of a great king and, as is the way with the sons of kings, he expected to become king himself one day. But it is a story with a happy ending, and it tells us that good can overcome evil, and light can drive away darkness. This is the story of Prince Rama and his beautiful wife Sita, who have to face great danger and the pain of being separated from each other. We think of this as light overcoming darkness.Ī story that is always told at Diwali is the story of Rama and Sita. It is a time for celebrating good things, and for being thankful that good thoughts and good deeds can be stronger than bad thoughts and deeds. Often, though, the lights are for the festival of Diwali, which is a Festival of Lights. Sometimes they are the Christmas lights come early. You will know that in many towns and cities at this time of the year, lights begin to appear in the streets. This one is adapted from a number of sources, and presented in a form suitable for our age group. The traditional story of Rama and Sita is central to the Hindu Diwali. The theme is of light overcoming darkness symbolic of good overcoming evil. The festival of Diwali, which this year falls on 17th October (although there are many events before and after that date), is celebrated all over the world in different ways. This primary assembly tells the story of Rama and Sita, and gives information on the festival of Diwali Introduction for teachers
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