Story Details
What special item does Bharata take from Rama and walk back o Ayodha with?
Rama's padukas
This city is where Rama, Sita, and their family lived before the forest exile.
Ayodha
Who insists on going to the forest even after Rama tells her it will be difficult?
Sita
Why did the sages ask Rama and Lakshmana for help?
Because the demons were hurting the sages during rituals/prayers
What value does Rama show when he accepts his exile immediately, without arguing?
Keeping his father’s promise / Obedience to his father
Rama is banished for how many years?
14
This city is where Sita grew up
Mithila
Who plants the "poisonous seed" in Kaikeyi's brain?
Mantara
When Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana first reach the forest, who builds their hut so they have a place to live?
Lakshmana
What value does Sita show when she chooses to leave the palace comforts and go with Rama into the forest?
Loyalty/Love
What two wishes did Kaikeyi ask Dasharatha for?
1. Rama must go to the forest for 14 years
2. Bharata must be king
Where do Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana go for 14 years?
Forest
Which brother gets angry, while Rama stays calm?
Lakshmana
What is the name of the forest where there are lots of dangers and demons
Dandaka Forest
Lakshmana decides to stay awake most nights in the forest. What value is he showing?
Bravery/protection/service
What mistake did Dasharatha make long ago while hunting that brought him great sadness?
He accidentally shot Shravan Kumar, the son of blind parents.
Bharata travels here to ask Rama to return home
Chitrakoota
Which brother loves Rama so much that he brings the whole kingdom to beg him to return?
Bharata
When the people of Ayodhya try to follow Rama into the forest, what does Rama tell them they must do?
Go back home, because they cannot stay with him in the forest.
When Bharata refuses to take the throne and asks Rama to return instead, what value is he showing toward his brother?
Brotherly love to Rama
Why does Dasharatha feel he cannot refuse Kaikeyi's wishes?
Because he made her promises/boons long ago
Where is Bharata when Rama first leaves to go to the forest?
Kaikeya (His maternal grandparents)
Who is the sage that Rama and his family meet earlier in the story who helps prepare them for forest life?
Sage Vishwamitra
Rama and Lakshmana help a sage in the forest by defeating two demons who pretended to offer food? Who were they?
Vatapi and Ilvala
Dasharatha once caused great grief to the blind parents of Shravan Kumar. How does this earlier mistake connect to the sadness in his own life later?
He experiences the pain of losing his own son, a consequence tied to his past actions.