Curse of Sita
Personally, I do not believe in the periodic stories of Curses. There is an opinion that Ayodhya is not flourishing as a religious destination as Vrindavan Mathura and Haridwar because it suffers from the curse of not only Sita but Kaushalya and other palace women of that time.
After a lot of prayers and Yagnyas the queens were blessed with sons. Kaushalya's Rama was taken away as a teenager by Vishwamitra. After winning Sita in a Swayamber, he was exiled for 14 years. Having lived difficult life, Sita's kidnapping, Ravana's killing, Rama returns home but had to abandon Sita even after she had passed the chastity test.
No one talks about Urmila's owes when her husband Lakshman leaves her behind to serve Rama and Sita. No one talks about Mandavi when her husband Bharat leaves her and settles in Nandigram for all those 14 years.
Grandmothers of those days would sing- kowu samjhawat nai (No one is understanding or trying to make understand).
It was not only the curse of Sita and Kaushalya but Urmila, Mandavi and whole women kind.
Ayodhya which was Saket once saw so many upheavals. It was looted by Mughals, Babri Masjid built over the ruins of Ram Temple. The British almost destroyed it in the mutiny of 1857.
Now Ram Temple is being built after demolishing Babri Masjid. There will be a temple in the name of Rama but Sita will only be seen as a statue inside the sanctorium. Will her curse still linger?
Let us pray that the curse of Sita and Kaushalya does not harm Ayodhya any further.
Amen.
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