Character
Dasharatha: Stories
दशरथKing of Ayodhya; father of Rama. Also called Raghunandana's father | Lord of Kosala | King of the Raghu line.
Dasharatha was the righteous king of Ayodhya and father of Rama. Bound by a promise to his queen Kaikeyi, he was forced to exile his beloved son Rama, and died of grief — the tragic hinge of the Ramayana.
Stories and legends
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;…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,…
