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"We bow to the cuckoo of Vaalmeeki that rests on the branch of poetry and gives out the sweet cooing of the beatiful sounds of "Raama" , "Raama" for our pleasure. "
AYODHYAA-KAANDA
( The second book of the Raamaayanam )
( Both the Ys in this name are consonants and are pronouced like 'y' in 'yoke'. The first D is pronounced like 'th' in 'that'. The N is pronounced hard like 'n' in 'turn'. The second D is pronounced soft like 'd' in 'dump'. )
Ayodhyaa-Kaanda is the second book of the Raamaayanam.
This Kaanda is named Ayodhya Kaanda since it describes the life of Raama in the city of Ayodhya. Ayodhyaa-Kaanda describes following incidents of the epic.
- Raama stays at Ayodhya for nearly twelve years after his marriage,
- Raama's way of life and behaviour,
- The love and respect of the people towards Raama,
- Bharatha and Shatrughna leave for their uncle's house in the Kekaya provinces,
- Dasharatha declares Raama as Crown Prince and orders for the arrangements and celebrations thereof,
- Manthara poisons Kykeyi's mind to claim the throne for Bharatha,
- Kykeyi demands the king to fulfil her two earlier grants, one to enthrone Bharatha and another to send Raama to the Dandaka forest on exile for fourteen years,
- Dasharatha collapses dreading separation from Raama and laments about Kykeyi's adamance,
- Raama leaves for the woods on exile alongwith Seetha and Lakshmana,
- Raama goes on towards the forests crossing the rivers Thamasa, Gomathi, Syandika, Vedashruthi and Ganga,
- Raama visits the sage Bharadvaaja,
- Raama crosses the river Yamuna and stays at Chithrakoota,
- Dasharatha passes away at Ayodhya,
- The ministers summon for Bharatha and Shathrughna and they return to Ayodhya,
- Bharatha derides Kykeyi,
- Bharatha performs final rituals for Dasharatha,
- Bharatha goes to Rama at Chithrakoota to plead for returning,
- Raama laments over his father's demise,
- Raama stubbornly adheres to his promise made at his father's word,
- Bharatha returns with Raama's sandals and keeps them as Raama's representative,
- Bharatha stays at Nandigraamam awaiting Raama's return,
- Raama meets the sage Athri and his pious wife Anasooya,
- Raama further advances into the forests and enters the Dandaka forest.
"We bow to the cuckoo of Vaalmeeki that rests on the branch of poetry and gives out the sweet cooing of the beatiful sounds of "Raama" , "Raama" for our pleasure. "