Ramayana Episode 9: The Wedding of Ram and Sita

From The Stories of the Ramayana by Sudipta Bhawmik

October 16, 2025 · 26 min · Episode 9

About this episode

The episode narrates the wedding of Ram and Sita, highlighting the events leading to their marriage and the challenges faced.

Viswamitra brought Ram and Lakshman to King Janak's palace to see the divine bow of Shiva . Janak declared that only the man who could string the bow would marry his daughter, Sita . Ram effortlessly lifted and then shattered the mighty bow while trying to string it. Ram married Sita, and his brothers Lakshman, Bharat, and Shatrughna married Urmila, Mandavi, and Shrutakirti , respectively. On their return to Ayodhya, they encountered the fearsome sage Parashuram , whose bow Ram also strung and released an arrow from, humbling the sage. Written, narrated, and directed by Sudipta Bhawmik SFX and audio design by Anirban Chakrabarty Audio engineering by Souman Paul Cover art by Google Gemini Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Sudipta Bhawmik

Topics covered

wedding
mythology
divine bow
marriage
sages
Ramayana

Keywords

Ram
Sita
wedding
bow of Shiva
Parashuram
Ayodhya
mythology
Ramayana

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Organizations: Anirban Chakrabarty, Souman Paul, Google Gemini