Many Ramayanas have been written on Lord Shri Ram in past.Valmiki Ramayana, Ramcharit Manas, Kamban Ramayana, Hanumad Ramayana, Anand Ramayana, Mool Ramayana, Ek Shloki Ramayana and many other Ramayanas are popular school of thoughts. Read the complete story of Lord Shri Ram in briefly.
1. In Tretayuga, 4 sons were born to the Suryavanshi king Dashrath of Ayodhya from his three queens Kaushalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi, of whom Shri Ram was the son of Mata Kaushalya, Lakshman and Shatrughan were the sons of Mata Sumitra and Bharat was the son of Mata Kaikeyi.
2. After the four sons are educated, Maharishi Vishwamitra comes to the palace of King Dasharatha and takes Ram and Lakshman to the ashram located in forest to protect his yagya from the demons. In Vishwamitra's ashram, Shri Ram protects the ashram by killing Tadka.
3. After killing Tadka, Maharishi Vishwamitra head towards Janakpuri with Shri Ram and Lakshman. On the way, they pass through the ashram of Rishi Gautam, where Shri Ram gives new lease of life to Ahilya by setting her free from the curse after touching her with his feet.
4. Then Vishwamitra takes Shri Ram and Lakshman to Sita Swayamvar in Janakpur. There Lord Shri Ram breaks Shivji's Pinaka bow.
5. All four sons of Dasharatha get hitched to the daughters of King Janak and his younger brother Kushadhwaj. Shri Ram ties nuptial knot to Sita, Lakshman ji is married to Urmila. While Mandvi and Shrutkirti gets married to Bharat and Shatrughan respectively.
6. Queen Kaikeyi backed Dasharatha in the battle of Devasura. Dasharatha owed Kaikayi for 2 promises. During the preparations for the coronation of Shri Ram,Manthara instigates Queen Kaikeyi to make most of both the promises. One being the 14 years of exile for eldest son Shri Ram and thorne of Ayodhya for her kin Bharat.
7. To fulfill the promise of his father Dashrath, Lord Shri Ram, along with his wife Sita and brother Lakshman, disguises himself as ascetics and went to the forest for 14 years.
8. Lord Shri Ram, Lakshman and Mother Sita are made to cross the Ganga in the boat of boatman Nishadraj. When Shri Ram wants to give a reward, the boatman says that just as I made you cross the Ganga, in the same way you also make me and my family cross this ocean of life.
9. In Dandakavan, Ravana's sister Shurpanakha plays an imposter of beautiful nymph Nayantara and proposes Shri Ram to marry her After rejection from Shri Ram refuses, she hits on Lakshman. Frustrated with denials She runs to kill Mother Sita only to have her nose sliced by Lakshman.
10. After her nose was cut, Shurpanakha approaches her brother and the demon kings Khar and Dushan of the Dandak forest. Later, Shri Ram neutralized the duo in the battle field.
11. With the news of Khar & Dushans demise, Shurpanakha approaches her brother Ravana, The king of Lanka, and provokes him and shed light on the beauty of Sita. She suggests Ravana to abduct the beautiful wife of forest dweller Ram.
12. Ravana ploys to kidnap Sita with his maternal uncle Marich who played an imposters as a deer. Sita insists Shri Ram to gift her beautiful golden deer. Lord Ram hunted down the dear but in the process went deep in the forest. When lord Ram founds the reality he kills Marich.
13. When Lord Ram did not turn up after a long time, Sita, fearing some untoward incident, sends Lakshman to the forest to help Shri Ram. Lakshmanji draws a Lakshman Rekha and began searching Shri Ram in the forest.
14. After Lakshmanji's departure, Ravana, disguised as a monk, asks for alms from Sita and says that he will accept alms only if she crosses the line. Mother Sita makes this mistake and then Ravana comes in his real form and kidnaps Sita and takes her away in a plane.
15. The vulture king Jatayu braves to stop Ravana who is on the way with Sita to Lanka, but attains martyrdom.
16. After performing the last rites of Jatayu, Shri Ram and Lakshman began wandering in search of Sita. In course they reached Shabari's ashram. Subsequently duo meets Hanumanji and Sugrivji. Later Sugriva narrates his plight to Shri Ram.
17. Listening to the plight of Sugriva, Ramji agrees to kill Bali and during the war between Sugriva and Bali, Lord Rama's arrow breaches Bali's chest. Subsequently Sugriva was coronated as the king of Kishkindha.
18. In search of Sita, at the behest of Jamwant, Hanumanji realizes his powers and crosses the ocean to land at Ashok Vatika. There he meets Vibhishana. Later Hanuman as Lord Ram's ambassador showcases the ring of her beloved husband to Sita and informed her about his whereabouts.
19. However Meghnad takes Hanumanji hostage and makes him stand before Ravana, Hanuman asks Ravana to surrender before Shri Ram or be ready for war. Agitated Ravana sets his tail on fire. Hanumanji sets ablaze entire Lanka with his burning tail.
20. Hanumanji introduces Vibhishan to Shri Ram and then the construction of a over bridge in the middest of sea was kick started with the miraculous power of Nal and Neel.
21. In a last ditch effort, Shri Ram sent Bali's son Angad as messanger to meet Ravana's for ceasefire. When Ravana disagreed, Angad showcases his power and returned with a warning.
22. A full fledged war broke out between the armies of Lord Rama and Demon Ravana. In the third day of war, Shri Ram neutralized Kumbhakaran. Later a battle takes place between Lakshman and Son of Ravana Meghnad. Garudji came into the picture after Meghnad trapped Ram and Laxman with Snake and set the duo free.
23. Later, Lakshman ji becomes unconscious due to the attack of Meghnad. Hanuman ji acted as saviour and brought whole lot of mountain studded with Sanjeevani on the advice of Vaidyaraj Sushen. When Lakshmanji regained consciousness with the help of Sanjivani herb, he again battled with Meghnad and former killed the later.
24. In a final frontier, A fierce battle between Ram and Ravana ensued. On the instructions of Vibhishan, Shri Ram releases an arrow hits the navel leading to the death of Ravana, Lord Shri Ram returns to Ayodhya with his wife Sita and brother Lakshman in Pushpak Viman.
25. Lord Shri Ram, Lakshman and Mother Sita receives a resounding reception in Ayodhya followed by coronation ceremony. Many dignitaries from the Vanar Sena including Hanuman ji, Sugriva, Jamwant, Angad graced the occasion.
