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  Sita Devi Information
Sita (Sanskrit: सीता; "Sītā") is the wife of Rama, the seventh avatāra of Vishnu, and is esteemed an exemplar of womanly and wifely virtue.
Sita is one of the principal characters of the "Ramayana", the Hindu epic named after her husband Rama.
Sita was a foundling, discovered in a furrow in a ploughed field, and for that reason is regarded as a daughter of Bhumidevi, the earth Goddess.
www.bookrags.com /Sita   (1532 words)

  
 Mother Sita Devi
Srimati Sita Devi is the daughter of the Earth goddess, Bhumi Devi, and central figure of the Ramayana.
The marriage of Rama and Sita Devi was solemnized in a grand manner.
Rama, Sita and Lakshmana were overcome with grief.
www.salagram.net /parishad131.html   (4914 words)

  
  Sita Devi (1910 - 1974)
Sita Devi was an active freedom fighter and a revolutionary politician who had to undergo imprisonment many times.
Sita Devi was born on 1910 as the daughter of Acharya Ramdev and Vidyadhari.
Sita Devi secured Visharad in Sanskrit, which was equivalent to M.A. Sita Devi worked as a Lecturer in Sanskrit for two years at Dev Samaj College in Lahore.
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  Sita
Sita (Sanskrit: सीता;; "Sītā") is the wife of Rama, the seventh avatāra of Vishnu, and is esteemed an exemplar of womanly and wifely virtue.
Sita was a foundling, discovered in a furrow in a ploughed field, and for that reason is regarded as a daughter of Bhumidevi, the earth Goddess.
Sita willingly renounced the comforts of the palace and joined her husband in braving the travails of exile, even living in a forest.
www.the-world-in-focus.com /Asia/India/religions/sita.html   (1441 words)

  
  Top Literature - Sita Devi
Sita is one of the principal characters of the "Ramayana", the Hindu epic named after her husband Rama.
Sita was a foundling, discovered in a furrow in a ploughed field, and for that reason is regarded as a daughter of Bhumidevi, the earth Goddess.
The story of Sita's kidnapping and subsequent rescue forms the core of the Indian epic, the Ramayana, confirmed and written by the sage Valmiki in whose hermitage Sita took refuge during her second stint of exile.
encyclopedia.topliterature.com /?title=Sita_Devi   (1982 words)

  
 Sundarakand - 98   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Though Sita Devi was in a tragic and helpless situation she spurns his advances warning him that his entire clan will be destroyed if he plays with the chastity of a woman solely devoted to her husband.
Sita devi who was in a desperate mood of committing suicide after her encounter with Ravana regains her confidence when she sees the ring of SriRama given to her by HANUMAN.
Sita Devi finally convinced gives Hanuman her crest jewel to be given to Rama.
www.hindunet.org /ramayana/discourse/sundarkand.htm   (1296 words)

  
 Sita Devi
Sita (Sanskrit: सीता; "Sītā") is the wife of Rama, the seventh avatāra of Vishnu, and is esteemed an exemplar of womanly and wifely virtue.
Sita raised her sons single-handedly in the hermitage of the sage Valmiki.
The story of Sita's kidnapping and subsequent rescue forms the core of the Indian epic, the Ramayana, supposedly written by the sage Valmiki in whose hermitage Sita took refuge during her second stint of exile.
www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DSita%26type%3Den   (1521 words)

  
 Sri Sita Thakurani   (Site not responding. Last check: )
When Sita Thakurani came to the house of Sacidevi, bringing with her many kinds of eatables, dresses, and other gifts, she was astonished to see the newly born child, for she appreciated that except for a difference in color, the child was directly Krishna of Gokula Himself.
Sita Thakurani and Sacidevi were of one mind; the baby Nimai was their life and soul.
According to the Gaura-Ganoddesha-Dipika, Sita Thakurani, the wife of Sri Advaita Acharya, is Yogamaya, and her sister Sri is the prakasha, or manifestation, of Yogamaya.
www.radhakunda.com /personalities/sita_devi.html   (1578 words)

  
 Sundarakand - 98
In his anxiety to see Sita Devi he even mistook Mandodari as Sita but overruled that when he saw her sleeping very peacefully and knew for sure that someone like Sita Devi would never be able to sleep in a relaxed manner under such circumstances.
Though Sita Devi was in a tragic and helpless situation she spurns his advances warning him that his entire clan will be destroyed if he plays with the chastity of a woman solely devoted to her husband.
Sita devi who was in a desperate mood of committing suicide after her encounter with Ravana regains her confidence when she sees the ring of SriRama given to her by HANUMAN.
members.tripod.com /satsangh/texts/discourse/sundarkand.htm   (1288 words)

  
 Aventures d'un métis: Sita Devi   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sita (Sanskrit/Hindi सीता Sītā) is a Goddess in the Ramayana, and is an esteemed examplar of womanly and wifely virtue.
According to Hindu belief, Sita was an "avatara" of Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth and good fortune, who chose...
According to Hindu belief, Sita was an "avatara" of Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth and good fortune, who chose to reincarnate herself on Earth as Sita, and endure an arduous life, in order to provide humankind an example of such virtues.
blog.vimolchalao.com /archives/2005/10/sitayana.html   (174 words)

  
 Website based strategy on human form of Goddess of Sita ,and Ram of God.
The human form of Goddess of Sita name means furrow, the line made by the plow, and she is closely identified with rain, soil, richness and balance.
As the supreme consort divinities of North India The human form of Goddess of Sita and Ram are understood to embody the divinity of Laxmi and Vishnu.
The human form of Goddess of Sita was also great mediator and lived prime of her life in meditation in serenity of forests.
www.heavenlygardens.org /album/Gods/image25.htm   (466 words)

  
 Durga Devi : Rashi   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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 Sita Devi Madhubani Painting
Sita Devi was the first to bring the intricate Bharni style of Madhubani painting out of village homes and into urban drawing rooms which had fetched her the Padma Shri in 1981.
It was because of Sita Devi that the village first had a primary school, which was later converted into a secondary one.
Sita Devi's hands are not able to recreate the magic that won her the Padma Shri in the 1960s.
sita-devi.blogspot.com   (951 words)

  
 Sita Thakurani
Sita Thakurani was always absorbed in vatsalya prema for Sri Gaurasundara Prabhu, and, out of parental concern used to instruct Jagannatha Mishra on how to care for the boy.
When Sita Thakurani came to the house of Sacidevi, bringing with her many kinds of eatables, dresses, and other gifts, she was astonished to see the newly born child, for she appreciated that except for a difference in color, the child was directly Krishna of Gokula Himself.
According to the Gaura-Ganoddesha-Dipika, Sita Thakurani, the wife of Sri Advaita Acharya, is Yogamaya, and her sister Sri is the prakasha, or manifestation, of Yogamaya.
www.vrindavan.org /English/VSaints/SitaThakurani.html   (1640 words)

  
 About EFA and Mithila Painting
Yet it was paintings by Ganga Devi and Sita Devi thanks to government and private commissions in New Delhi and beyond, their national awards, and their GOI funded participation in cultural fairs and exhibitions around the world, that brought wide-spread audiences and attention to Mithila painting.
Sita Devi's elegant elongated and richly coloured paintings of Krishna, Radha, and other gods and goddesses, are well known.
Sita Devi, however, depicted her elegant figures surrounded by flowering trees, birds, and other animals using the Brahmin wall painting bharni, or "filling" technique, characterized by broad surfaces of bright reds, blues, green, yellows and oranges.
www.mithilapainting.org /TransformationsOfMithilaPainting.html   (2514 words)

  
 CHRO : Confederation of Human Rights Organizations, Kerala, India - Woman attempts Sati in Bihar   (Site not responding. Last check: )
PATNA: A septuagenarian woman, Sita Devi, committed "sati"by jumping on the the funeral pyre of her octogenarian husband Sugriv Prasad in Sidhpur village under the Imamganj police station of Gaya district on Thursday night.
Sita's sons Ramashanker and Sanjay Prasad said their mother, who was deeply religious, left the house unnoticed on Friday night when the family members were asleep after cremating their father.
Sita Devi, a 70-plus year old woman in Sidhpur village under Imamganj police station in Gaya district, on Thursday night, allegedly jumped into the funeral pyre of her husband and committed Sati, officials in Gaya said on Sunday.
www.humanrightskerala.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2878&Itemid=5   (1116 words)

  
 Temples in Goa
The Devi's colossal raths; during the annual February Zatra Festival held here, these elaborately carved wooden chariots are pulled around the precinct by teams of honoured devotees.
When Rama was reinstated as king in Ayodhya, he put Sita through "trial by fire" to prove that she had remained pure while in the clasps of Ravana.
Sita passed the trial unharmed and is held up as the paradigm of women - faithful, pure and honest.
www.goa2u.com /temples.htm   (2889 words)

  
 bihartimes.com : A Passage to Bihar
Sita Devi, 77, allegedly committed sati Thursday in Sidhpur village of Gaya district.
When the family members were asleep after cremating the 82-year-old father Thursday night, Sita Devi went to the cremation ground and jumped into the still burning funeral pyre and died subsequently, according to the son.
Meanwhile, many people started thronging the site where Sita Devi committed sati to pay tribute to her, even as a makeshift temple was put up by villagers there to worship the "sati mata".
www.bihartimes.com /news06/marchbh/23bhapr02.html   (253 words)

  
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Sita Devi is a free-spirited person, & has close links with women's liberation groups.
Sita Devi then hires an unemployed artiste, Preetam Kumar, to be a temporary groom for Anita, for a few months, and then divorce each other.
Sita Devi's plan materializes, and soon Anita and Preetam are married.
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Sruti Devi feels that the policy of the CSD appears to be directed more to the expansion of their credit program rather than assisting and encouraging women to succeed in their own enterprises.
Sita came to know about Nirdhan from her neighbors and was told that they provided collateral free loans to women in poverty.
Sita considers the tea stall to be a family business, and although the loans were in her name, she does not wish to claim personal ownership over it.
www.south-asia.com /cmf/occapapno_5.doc   (17512 words)

  
 Srimati Sita Devi
Srimati Sita Devi and Lord Ramacandra and his
Srimati Sita Devi, a manifestation of the goddess of fortune, Laksmi Devi, is the eternal consort of Lord Ramacandra.
When Lord Ramacandra was banished to the Dandakaranya forest, Sita Devi left the comforts of the royal palace to join Him.
www.bvml.org /VS/ssitad.html   (75 words)

  
 A Further Glorification of Sri Sita-Rama
Sita devi was surprised and asked, "What are you doing?" Hanuman replied, "Oh, I was just seeing if 'Rama' is written anywhere here." "But don't you know Rama is in your heart?" she said.
Sita devi should now perform all the duties inside of the house.' In this way it was decided.
Sita devi was walking towards the asrama of Valmiki Rsi, when some of his brahmacaris spotted her.
www.purebhakti.com /lectures/lecture20000413.shtml   (2396 words)

  
 Aranyakand - 98
However, sita devi in her anxiety and anger heaped insults on Lakshmana, accusing him of not helping his brother because of ulterior motives to make sita his wife.
Sita not only refused but told ravana that his death at the hands of Rama and Lakshmana was certain.
Sita asked Rama whether he was righteous in agreeing to kill the Rakshasas who did not offend them in any way.
members.tripod.com /~satsangh/texts/discourse/aranyakand.htm   (1445 words)

  
 V. Krishnan: Utthara Ramayana
Tulsdidas says, Sita Devi (who was the incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi, the escort of Maha Vishnu) disappeared just before "her abduction" leaving behind a duplicate of herself which Ravana had actually taken away.
Sita was frightened at the prospect of staying in the forest alone and Lakshmana was very upset about leaving her there and go.
It is all the aftermath of the exile of Sita.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Styx/7153/Utthara.html   (5068 words)

  
 Sita Sings the Blues FAQ
Common interpretations resemble rationalizations and apologies: Rama "had to" abuse Sita to maintain the traditional order of his kingdom, in which the opinion of the lowliest man ranked higher than the life of any woman.
My interpretation of Sita's "trial by fire" is that her purity of feeling spares her death.
Sita also has serious chutzpah to end her life in front of Rama, her sons, and thousands of onlookers.
www.ninapaley.com /Sitayana/FAQ.html   (1342 words)

  
 Project Page   (Site not responding. Last check: )
At some point Sita Devi Paswan, a Dalit woman of character and intelligence, realized that the temple was a public place and that she had a right to practice her religion there.
The two sides held three encounters, and by the end Sita Devi Paswan had managed to convince about half of the non-Dalit that it was time to bury the old taboo.
When Sita Devi Paswan went to the market, she was unable to buy food and had to travel to the next town.
www.advocacynet.org /cpage_view/APDiaryNepal_blog6_57_307.html   (1067 words)

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