CharacterRaghuvamsha
Bharata: Stories
भरतPrince of Ayodhya; regent during Rama's exile. Also called Kaikeyinandana.
Bharata, son of Dasharatha and Kaikeyi, refused the throne his mother won for him. He went to Chitrakoot to bring Rama back and, when Rama refused, ruled Ayodhya for fourteen years as a hermit at Nandigram with Rama's sandals on the throne.
Stories and legends
StoryBharata and the Sandalsभरत और पादुकाOffered the throne his mother had seized for him, Bharata refused it, went to Chitrakoot to beg Rama's return, and when Rama would not break their father's word,…StoryThe Exile of Ramaराम का वनवासOn the eve of his coronation, Rama was sent into fourteen years of forest exile by Kaikeyi's two boons. He accepted it without bitterness for his father's word;…
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