Viradha: Places

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Rakshasa.

Viradha is the first rakshasa Rama meets in the Dandaka forest. He seizes Sita, and because Brahma's boon makes him immune to weapons the brothers bury him alive, releasing him from a curse.

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RoleRakshasa

Appears inRamayana

GroupRakshasas

KingdomOther kingdoms

First appearsAranya Kanda, Sarga 2

Sargas3 in the Valmiki Ramayana

Where is Viradha worshipped?

PlaceDandaka forestदंडकारण्यDandakaranya is the vast forest where Rama spends most of his exile, visiting the hermitages of sages and…

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Appears inRamayanaरामायण Places & templesDandaka forestदंडकारण्य