Rama's jealousy

Even after being released from her abduction by Ravana and passing the fire ordeal, Sita faces more troubles. Rama continues to be jealous. When he sees a sketch that Siva made of Ravana during her captivity, a demon tricks him into suspecting that the baby Sita is carrying was not fathered by him, but rather by Ravana during Sita's captivity. (Learn more)

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A stone stele at Prambanan Temple shows Sita sitting and talking with a monkey.

Realistically portrayed, the monkey at left in this carved bas relief sits cross-legged and gestures his hands forward with the palms turned up. Sita also sits cross-legged facing the monkey but she looks down as if troubled.

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