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Indrajit - My Favorite Story (?)
This story is a little hard to follow. It starts with the monkeys causing havoc as the climbed the rakshasas walls and battered the gates yelling "Victory for Rama". The rakshasas began to fight with the monkeys and it became a huge mess! The rakasasas are stronger at night and killed thousands of monkeys. Rama's army began to fight back against Indrajit, but he used his magic to become invisible and "showered deadly wounding arrows upon rama". Rama and other heros were wounded with thousands of arrows and the monkeys gather with sadness.
Indrajit left the battle as the victor and for a time the fighting stopped. Rama seemed to be dead, but he was not. Garuda, a great winged beast came and the arrows fell from the wounded heros and then Garuda held them! Garuda warns Rama to not trust the rakasasas in the battle field anymore because they are cunning. Once Garuda left the monkey's and Rama and Lakshmana advanced toward the gated Lanka.
Rama Crowned King
It was a happy day in Ayodhya because Rama was going to be crowned King! Fourteen years are the fighting began. Rama sat on his fathers throne and they began a ritual. First they took sacred water from all distant streams and oceans... all of them. The water was poured by holy priest on the consecrated king. Rama had jewels placed on his head and fragrance at his feet. Music began and Men in all nations hailed Rama as their “lord and rites king!” The land was right again and everyone was happy. People, Plants and Animals were all joyous and prosperous under the new king!
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