Characters & Places In The Great Hindu Epic

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The most endearing epic of all times - the 'Ramayana' is replete with enchanting people & places. Here's a ready reckoner of characters & locations found in the stories of Ram - from Ahalya to Vibhishana and Ashoka-van to Sarayu.


[b]Character[/b] [b]Description[/b]
[b]Ahalya[/b]
Wife of sage Gautama, who was turned into a stone and later became free from curse by the touch of Rama
[b]Bharat[/b]
Brother of Rama and son of Kaikeyi
[b]Dasharatha[/b]
Rama's father and King of Kosala
[b]Dashanan[/b]
Ten headed King of Lanka a.k.a. [i]Ravana[/i]
[b]Garuda[/b]
Eagel; King of winged creatures
[b]Gautam[/b]
Sage/Rishi who cursed her wife Ahalya to be a stone for her immoral conduct
[b]Hanuman[/b]
Son of the wind God; Devout of Rama and a leading warrior among monkey tribe
[b]Indrajit[/b]
Ravana's son who fought with Rama with magical powers
[b]Jambuvan[/b]
Leader of bears who found Sita with his supernatural powers
[b]Janaka[/b]
King of Mithila; Father of Sita, who found her in a furrow
[b]Jatayu[/b]
Great bird who was killed by Ravana while rescuing Sita
[b]Kaikeyi[/b]
Dashartha's youngest queen and mother of Bharata who asked for Rama's exile
[b]Kausalya[/b]
Dashratha's queen and Rama's mother
[b]Kevat[/b]
Boatman who let Rama, Laxman and Sita cross the river in his boat and washes Rama's feet for his fee
[b]Khar[/b]
Brother of Ravana and Shurpanakha
[b]Kumbhkarna[/b]
Ravan's brother known for sleeping and eating
[b]Kush[/b]
Son of Rama and Sita
[b]Laxman[/b]
Queen Sumitra's son and Rama's brother
[b]Lava[/b]
Son of Ram and Sita; brother of Kush
[b]Mandavi[/b]
Bharat's wife & King Janak's daughter
[b]Manthara[/b]
Maid servant of Keikeyi who convinced her for Bharat's thorn and exile of Rama
[b]Maricha or Mareech[/b]
Who assumed form of suvarna mriga (golden deer) and help abduct Sita
[b]Meghanad[/b]
Ravana's son, who made Laxman unconscious in the battlefield with his arrow
[b]Nala - Nil[/b]
Son of great builder who helped Rama build bridge to Lanka
[b]Ravana[/b]
Ten headed King of Lanka, who abducted Sita; brother of Vibhishana & Surpanakha; father of Indrajit; husband of Mandodari
[b]Sampati[/b]
Brother of Jatayu
[b]Shatrughna[/b]
Rama's younger borther
[b]Shabari[/b]
Devotee of Ram who offered him berry fruit
[b]Shatananda[/b]
Head Preist (kul Guru) of Mithila
[b]Shiva[/b]
Hindu Lord, whose bow was lifted by Rama in swayamvar
[b]Shravan[/b]
Son of blind parents; known as an idol of service to parents
[b]Shrutkirti[/b]
Shatrughna's wife and King Janak's daughter
[b]Shurpanakha[/b]
Ravan's sister whose ears and nose were cut by Laxman
[b]Sita[/b]
Daughter of Janaka and wife of Rama
[b]Sugriva[/b]
King of monkey tribe and King of Kiskindha
[b]Sumanta[/b]
Charioteer of King Dasharatha
[b]Sumitra[/b]
Wife of Dashratha; Mother of Laxman & Shatrughna
[b]Sunayana[/b]
Wife of King Janak; Mother of Sita
[b]Sushen[/b]
Lankan physician, who advised Sanjivani herbs from Kailas mountain in order to cure Laxman
[b]Tataka[/b]
Demoness (rakshasi) killed by Rama; mother of Mareecha
[b]Tulsidas[/b]
Sanskrit scholar and poet who created Ramcharitmanas, a version of Valmiki Ramayana in local Avadhi language
[b]Urmila[/b]
Laxman's wife; daughter of King Janak and sister of Sita
[b]Vali (Bali) or Vaali[/b]
Cousin of Sugriva, who occupied Kiskindha and was killed by Rama
[b]Valmiki[/b]
Great Poet and creator of Ramayana; Sage who helped Sita and her two son Lava-Kush stay at her ashram
[b]Vanara[/b]
Monkey; A hill tribe of Southern India
[b]Vasistha[/b]
Head priest (kul Guru) of Ayodhya
[b]Vibhishana[/b]
Ravana's brother who leaves Lanka to join Rama and later become king of Lanka
[b]Vishnu[/b]
Hindu Lord; Rama is considered as eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu
[b]Vishwamitra[/b]
Rishi, who took Rama for killing troubling demons
[b]Place[/b] [b]Description[/b]
[b]Ayodhya[/b]
Capital city of Kosala which was rules by Rama's father, Dashratha
[b]Ashoka van[/b]
A place in Lanka where Ravana kept Sita after abduction
[b]Chitrakoot or Chitrakut[/b]
Forest place where Rama, Sita and Laxman stayed during exile
[b]Dandakaranya[/b]
Forest where Rama, Sita and Laxman traveled during vanvas exile
[b]Godavari[/b]
River, crossing which Rama, Sita and Laxman reached Panchavati
[b]Kailasa[/b]
Mountain where Hanuman found sanjivani; Abode of Lord Shiva
[b]Kiskindha[/b]
Kingdom ruled by Sugriva, leader of monkey tribe
[b]Kosala[/b]
Kingdom ruled by Dashratha
[b]Mithila[/b]
kingdom ruled by king Janaka, Sita's father
[b]Lanka[/b]
Island kingdom ruled by demon king Ravana
[b]Panchavati[/b]
Rama, Sita and Laxman's forest hut, from where Sita was abducted by Ravana
[b]Prayag[/b]
Confluence of river Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati (presently known as Allahabad)
[b]Sarayu[/b]
River on the banks of which Ayodhya is situated