Ayodhya’s Connections

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Serves

• Bharata

  Bharata governed Ayodhya for fourteen years as regent, refusing the throne itself and ruling in Rama's name with his brother's sandals placed upon the royal seat as a symbol of the absent king's authority.

• Dasharatha

  Dasharatha ruled Ayodhya as king of the Solar Dynasty before his son Rama. His decision to honor Kaikeyi's boon led to Rama's fourteen-year exile from the kingdom.

• Rama

  Rama ruled Ayodhya as its righteous king after returning from exile and defeating Ravana. His reign, known as Rama Rajya, became the ideal of just and prosperous governance in Hindu tradition.

Created by

• Manu

  Manu, the progenitor of mankind, founded the city of Ayodhya on the banks of the Sarayu, establishing the unconquerable capital from which his descendants of the Solar Dynasty would rule for generations.

Associated with

• Kaikeyi,Rama

  Kaikeyi invoked her two boons on the eve of Rama's coronation, demanding Ayodhya's throne for Bharata and Rama's banishment to the forest for fourteen years, plunging the city into mourning as its beloved prince departed through weeping crowds.