Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Who ruled Ayodhya during Ram's exile period?

                                   Who ruled Ayodhya during Ram's exile period?

We know that Sri Ram had to complete exile period as per his father's words. Sri Ram was the king of Ayodhya. But who ruled Ayodhya in his absence?
Bharath , who was the elder brother of Ram ruled the kingdom. But he refused to sit on throne and had put Ram's sandals on throne and declared that he is the representative of Ram and Ram is the actual king. Bharath spent his time chanting the name of Ram.
It was his another brother , Shatrugna , who had seen all the administrative work. Though , it was said that Bharath was a good administrator, Shatrugna helped him in administrative work.
Wives of Bharath and Shatrugna are Mandavi and Shruta Keerti. Both are cousins of Sita . Shruta Keerti was the wife of Shatrugna . She got her name since she was a good listener. Shatrugna used to discuss the administrative problems with his wife.
As she was Shruta + Keerti = Good Listener , she was listening to problems and was giving suggestions too.
Bharath's wife Mandovi was a good painter. As Ram went on exile , Bharath was uninterested of earthly things and was always chanting Ram's name. Mandovi spent her days painting the scene of Ram and Seeta wedding.

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