Some scriptures also mention her previous birth being Vedavati, a woman Ravana tries to molest. In some versions of the epic, Maya Sita, an illusion created by Agni, takes Sita's place and is abducted by Ravana and suffers his captivity, while the real Sita hides in the fire. After the war, in some versions of the epic, Rama asks Sita to undergo Agni Pariksha (an ordeal of fire), by which she proves her purity, before she is accepted by Rama, which for the first time makes his brother Lakshmana get angry at him. She is imprisoned in the garden of Ashoka Vatika, in Lanka, until she is rescued by Rama, who slays her captor. While in exile, the trio settles in the Dandaka forest from where she is abducted by Ravana, the Rakshasa king of Lanka. After the swayamvara, she accompanies her husband to his kingdom, but later chooses to accompany her husband, along with her brother-in-law Lakshmana, in his exile. Sita, in her youth, chooses Rama, the prince of Ayodhya as her husband in a swayamvara. Sita is known for her dedication, self-sacrifice, courage, and purity.Дescribed as the daughter of BhЕ«mi (the earth), Sita is brought up as the adopted daughter of King Janaka of Videha. She is also the chief goddess of Rama-centric Hindu traditions. She is the consort of Rama, the avatar of the god Vishnu and is regarded as a form of Vishnu's wife Lakshmi. Sita ( Sanskrit: а¤ёаҐЂа¤¤а¤ѕ IAST: SД«tДЃ), also spelt Seeta is a Hindu goddess and the female protagonist of the Hindu epic, Ramayana.

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