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RRamayana · Chronicle 01RamaರಾಮThe ideal king who gave up a throne to keep his father’s word.Open chronicle SRamayana · Chronicle 02SitaಸೀತೆBorn of the earth, she met exile, captivity and judgement with unbroken strength.Open chronicle LRamayana · Chronicle 03Lakshmanaಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಣA brother who chose fourteen years of forest life over comfort.Open chronicle HRamayana · Chronicle 04HanumanಹನುಮಂತStrength guided by devotion — the messenger who crossed the ocean.Open chronicle BRamayana · Chronicle 05BharataಭರತHe ruled for fourteen years with his brother’s sandals on the throne.Open chronicle SRamayana · Chronicle 06Shatrughnaಶತ್ರುಘ್ನThe quiet brother who stood beside Bharata and later founded a kingdom of his own.Open chronicle DRamayana · Chronicle 07DasharathaದಶರಥA great king undone by a promise he could not take back.Open chronicle KRamayana · Chronicle 08Kaushalyaಕೌಸಲ್ಯೆA mother who blessed her son’s exile instead of holding him back.Open chronicle KRamayana · Chronicle 09KaikeyiಕೈಕೇಯಿTwo boons claimed in one night changed the course of the Ramayana.Open chronicle SRamayana · Chronicle 10Sumitraಸುಮಿತ್ರೆShe sent her son to the forest with a single instruction: treat Rama as your father.Open chronicle RRamayana · Chronicle 11RavanaರಾವಣA scholar, devotee and king whose desire became his downfall.Open chronicle KRamayana · Chronicle 12Kumbhakarnaಕುಂಭಕರ್ಣHe warned his brother he was wrong — and fought for him anyway.Open chronicle VRamayana · Chronicle 13VibhishanaವಿಭೀಷಣHe left his own brother to stand on the side of dharma.Open chronicle MRamayana · Chronicle 14MandodariಮಂಡೋದರಿA wise queen who saw the end coming and could not stop it.Open chronicle MRamayana · Chronicle 15MeghanadaಮೇಘನಾದThe prince who once defeated Indra himself.Open chronicle SRamayana · Chronicle 16Surpanakhaಶೂರ್ಪನಖಿA single encounter in the forest set the great war in motion.Open chronicle JRamayana · Chronicle 17JatayuಜಟಾಯುThe aged bird who gave his life trying to save Sita.Open chronicle SRamayana · Chronicle 18SampatiಸಂಪಾತಿWingless and old, he showed the vanaras where Sita was held.Open chronicle SRamayana · Chronicle 19Sugrivaಸುಗ್ರೀವAn exiled king whose friendship with Rama raised an army.Open chronicle VRamayana · Chronicle 20ValiವಾಲಿUnbeatable in single combat, he fell to an arrow from the shadows.Open chronicle ARamayana · Chronicle 21AngadaಅಂಗದRama’s envoy to Ravana’s court, whose foot no one could move.Open chronicle NRamayana · Chronicle 22NalaನಳThe builder who helped lay the bridge of stones to Lanka.Open chronicle NRamayana · Chronicle 23NeelaನೀಲA commander of the vanara army and a builder of the great bridge.Open chronicle TRamayana · Chronicle 24TaraತಾರೆWise counsel in a kingdom torn between two brothers.Open chronicle ARamayana · Chronicle 25Ahalyaಅಹಲ್ಯೆTurned to stone by a curse, freed by the touch of Rama’s feet.Open chronicle VRamayana · Chronicle 26Vishwamitraವಿಶ್ವಾಮಿತ್ರA king who became a sage through sheer will, and Rama’s first teacher in arms.Open chronicle VRamayana · Chronicle 27Vasisthaವಸಿಷ್ಠThe calm guru of Ayodhya’s kings, master of patience and wisdom.Open chronicle JRamayana · Chronicle 28JanakaಜನಕA philosopher-king who ruled while remaining unattached.Open chronicle URamayana · Chronicle 29Urmilaಊರ್ಮಿಳೆThe forgotten sacrifice of the Ramayana — fourteen years of waiting.Open chronicle TRamayana · Chronicle 30Trijataತ್ರಿಜಟೆA guard who became Sita’s comfort in captivity.Open chronicle VPuranas · Chronicle 91VamanaವಾಮನHe asked for three steps of land and measured the universe.Open chronicle MPuranas · Chronicle 92MahabaliಮಹಾಬಲಿA king so generous he gave away the whole world — and was honoured for it.Open chronicle PPuranas · Chronicle 93ParashuramaಪರಶುರಾಮThe axe-wielding sage who taught Bhishma, Drona and Karna.Open chronicle