Character
Kaikeyi: Appears in
कैकेयीQueen of Ayodhya; mother of Bharata. Also called Daughter of Kekaya | Dasharatha's favourite queen.
Kaikeyi was the favourite queen of Dasharatha and mother of Bharata, whose two boons — demanded under Manthara's influence — sent Rama into fourteen years of exile. One of the Ramayana's most complex and human figures.
