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 The ~ of Rama and &Ita Ia a paI't of India. It __ ftl'llt
• aet dorm. by the . . . . Valmlkl In his epIo poem In Sanskl'lt,
'.
Rarna __ the e1deat _ of the King of
Ayodhya. The KInIt had th.- wlv__Kau8halya, Kalkeyl
and SUmlt.... Rama __ the _ of Bharata, of
Kalkeyl and Laxmana and of SUmJtra. Aa
they .,'ew up . , did their tame . . valiant and bra_ PI'In-
- . Sal&e came ......,. the help of Rarna
and Laxmana In kllllnl& d e _ Tataka. On the way
baok In the land of KInI& .....ka, Rarna In win·
ninI& the hand of Slta, the King'. daUl&hter.
decided that thl ....·ia. time to CI"O''''''I Rama KInIt.......
0,.. Kalkeyl perauaded an wlwllllnC Daaha...tha to ........
Rama Into the foreat and to OPO·..·Jjj Bha...ta the KJnI&. Slta
and Laxmana opted to foliO'".., Rama. While In the foreat
the Rak.haal Shoorpanakha accoated Rama and even-
tll.lI)' had he.....f dl.ft.ured by Laxmana. The &ni&Plf
f~le and complained to her bl"Other, Ravana, the
King of Lanka. Ravana with a cunnInC typical of him
carried Sita away. Rama and Laxmana In the _",.e of
their _rch for Sita came aOI'O" the monkey kl....
Su.reeva and .truck a bond of frlendehlp with him. One
of Sug,'eeva'. assistant&, Hanuman dlecovered Slta's
whereabout. and Rama led the al.n¥ of mCJN(eys a . .lnet
Lanka. In the terrible battle that eneued Ravana and hi.
a ••oelates wel'e killed. Accompanied by Laxmana, Rama
and Sita .-etul'ned• to Ayodhya '\),Iu..'e they ...werewelcolned
by Bha ...ta and cl"Owned KInI& and Q...... But their
ti'Olible. had not ended. How the eueplclon of hla eubjecte
forced Rama to banish Sita even thCM,.h ahe wa.
pr&I&nant and how his _ Luv and Kueha bPOU.ht up In
the aahram of Sage Valmlkl were ultimately united '
him I. told In colourful plcturee In the follow.... pa....
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R/l/J11l U//l8 71IE A1A'B OF IlYOOIIYIl. PEaoLE IAIERE

II/lPPY IlIVO PRa'PEROO6' OIVOER 1116' RULE.
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WITI/ filS BROTflER~ B/I/IR/IT/l /lNO .s'fI/lTR{A9l1tY/I, RAM/I
{f8EO 17J 1I/81T 1118 PEOPLE IINO LISTEN TO TflElR PROBLEMS•••

••• IJND EllERY EIIENING W/TII flI8 Q{fEEN SITIJ liE RECEIIIED 1116'
J

SIRE, I CANNOT!
NOT IN THE PRESENCE
SPEAK UP;
OF THE QUEEN!
YOU HAVE
NOTHING
TO FEAR!
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GET OUT OF MY
HOUSE! I'M NOT
LIKE RAMA WHO
ACCEPTS A WIFE
AFTER SHE
HAS LIVED IN
ANOTHER'S
HOUSE! '

MAHARAJ.
TODAY A
LAUNDERER
WAS BEATING
HIS WIFE.
AND HE SA

SII(J{JLO I TORN /J1Y •

WIFE O{JT 8EC/I{JSE MYf7RST

OF t1IlI/lT TilE O{JTY /S
L/I{JNOERER $/lIO? TOWARDS
NO... Ala .. /lAlO MYPEOPL.E...
$IIE/$ SOON /1//11/£ TO
7?J8ECOM'E SEI1IO HER
/I MOTIIER! __I1WAY. .•
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TilE DAY liE 9EIYT
FOR __ WILL TAKE
SITA INTO THE
JUNGLES AND
LEAVE HER
THERE.
BUTS,::::;,
THIS IS MY
DECISION!

..• fiNO LEFT flYODIIYII FOR TilE FOREST. .

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 LAXMANA, THIS
JUNGLE IS SO
FRIGHTENING.
I'M

OBEY
R~IV/~'8
COIJI/IV//I/VO/

AFTER LAXIIIAIIIA lEFT Far? JUST THEN A SERPENT

A>aWY.A. $ITA /AllIS 1li.0AE AAOEIV?EO.
IN mE c/lJtvelE.
HELP!
HELP!
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fAlHERE
8H~LL --
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1(30? -
'/ / -
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DON'T MAHARSHI VIILMIKI TOOK 81m TO illS
WORRY MY VALMIKI! IIERMlm6E. '
CHILD- IT'S YOU!
THESE . YOU WILL
ANIMALS ARE LIVE HERE.
FROM MY .
NOTHING WILL
HERMITAGE. BOTHER YOU'

(/IIUy/IKI'$ IIERMITII6E
BECfJME slm'S> IIIII/EN-
811E t1IlIS BLESSED
V1IITII Tt1I/IV SOIVS.
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liS $(We$! I.t/V MoO Kt/6YI.

,..--------~

HERE I AM, MOTHER,

LUV DEAR. BOXING THIS
WHERE IS DEER'S EARS!
KUSH?

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. BUT THE MAHARSHI MllflARBli1 //IILMIKI PERSOIVALLY
TAUGHT YOU NOT IITTEIVOEO TO TflEIR EOt/CATlOIll.
TO BE CRUEL
TO ANIMALS!

IT WAS THE
DEER WHO
WAS BEING
CRUEL TO lYlE!
fiE TlJU6HT THEM 71IE
USE OFARMS IJB /AlELL.
PULL WITH ALL
YOUR IYIIGHT, THEN
LET THE
ARROW GO.

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LOll fWO KOSI! PRIJOTl8EO WI!AT TilEY VVER£ 71I11611T EllERY OilY.
WHAT'S THIS?
ARE YOU TWO
TRYING TO
NOT AT ALL,
MOTHER! WE ARE
PRACTISING 60.
HOW TO STAY
• TIIYIE FOR
EACH OTHER'S DINNER!
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t/ALMIKI TOLD TIIEM TilE " KIVI<£YI 8IVVIBIIEP RMI//J

STORY c;r:: TflE RAMAYIINA, OF
1N7rJ 711£ r/(/NGl.£S FORR}{/RTI,cN
HOIAI RAMA BROKE TilE BOt1I YEARS. ..
OF LORD 8111t/A AND MARRIED I'M GOING INTO
WI/DElli. _ _--......,. THE JUNGLES TOII-> I WANT TO
THAT 18 NOTHING.
kEEP ,
FATHER"
•
60 WITH
YOU!

OilY A8 RIIMA /AlE1VT. '~/N 71IE BIITTLE mAT FOLLOWED.

II OEER, RAt/ANA KtVNlJPPEO RAt/AlVA 1A/1J8 KILLED BY RAMA!'
t/AIOEHI. :::;:;:~~~;;::;

•
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VICTORY
TO
RAMA!

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 cS',oEIVO/M9 FOtlRTEEIV .ONE DAY, BECAUSE OF WHATA
RETtlRlVEO TO /IVO- LAUNDERER SAID, RAMA
W/lb' CRaWIVEO KINe. BANIGHED VAIDEHI!

POOR
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V/ll.MIK/ Tlltl8IfT TIIEM at=" EVERY OilY TilEY PRACTISED 17IEIlRTS

•• YIIJNII" IlNO StlCII OTIIER OF WAR. TilEY /lLSO TALKEO ABOUT
MATTERS TOO. 1/1I/0EIII.

I WONDER
WHAT
HAPPENED
VAIDEHI
IF EVER
MEET HER,
BRING HER TO
THE HERMITAGE.
 MEAIVIVIIIL6 IIV I'9YOOIIYh' RI'9/J1lI'9 I*?EP/IREO 7lJ PERFOIaJII
fi8HlAJAIYIEDIIII m£llVl'9.

liS PEOPL.E PIIS8ED BY 1118 ROYIIL !ILL WERE IIVVITEO 70

PIlLIlCE_ THE Y,1t1NA. THEY ARE
WITH
THE SAGE
SHTHA.
KING RAMA
WIll NOW
BECOME
A WORLD
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 I?UlERS i Al.L IJ/?()(jNO ClIME HI/TIl 71IBA' IJRMIES.
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WHAT HAVE
ARMIES
TO DO WITH
A YAJNA?

•
. THEY HAVE CCME
JUST TO WITNESS IT
AND. IF NEED BE. TO
FIGHT ON THE
SIDE OF RAMA.

TilE YI/C/IWI81111L.1I t1I118 fJECORIITEO; PREPIIRIITlOt1lS WERE NOW ,

COMPLETE.

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8tJT N/lR/lO/l HAD /I WHITE htwSE WI71I BLIIOK EARB .
TflllVG TO S/IV TO WIIS GOT RfillOY FOR TflE Y.4:/N/I.
MITRII. r---HE-W-/L-L-
' THE HORSE
HOW CAN HAVE TO IS MAGNI- •

RAMA USE A FICENT!

PERFORM STATUE
THE .
WITHOUT OF HER! r-"
HIS WIFE
SlTA?

IVO,MV 1---..-.....
PEIJpt.E MIIY
/ SIIO(JLO ....., NOTLIKEIT:
SEND UlXmIW/J //80t.0E1V
TO LOOI( STl/T(JE UlIL.t.
S17lI. I//II/E 7{}

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SWAHA!

SWL\HA!! ..
V/$IIW/IMITR// TilE hORSE /AlliS TIIEN
BOLO lEAF ON LET LOas'E liND TilE
IIRMY FOLLOVflEO IT.
 M.41VY.4 RIJLER
~ ,........;.:::..:."-'...:..:........:..,;t1IITIIOIJT .4
WHAT SHALL
WEDO,MY NOBODY WHO DARES
MINISTER? CHECKS THE F/6HT THIS
HORS:.:=.:E...-/
ARE TOO ~

WEAK. EVEN
RAVANAWAS
NO MATCH
RAMA.

LOOK AT THI THEN WE

ANYONE WILL FI6HT!
THI
KUSH,LET'S
CATCH
THAT ,
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 {'OV lIND 1((/811 TIED TilE
TOil TREE.
CHILDREN!
THAT
BACK TO ME!

SHAME ON
YOU FOR
BEGGING.

liND IJ TERRIBLE BATTLE FOLLOIAIEO.

,;--',...-< .
SIRE! THOSE TWO
CHILDREN ARE
IMPOSSIBLE !
THEY HAVE
FOOLS
OF US

I'LL TEACH
THEM WE'LL
HOW TO SHOW
BEHAVE! HIM!

LUV,SHOOT
AT THE
WHEEL!

H-E-R-E
GOES!

JUST ONE
SHOT TOOK
CARE OF
HIM!
 Ftlt..#1iJ9/WI1J cWM£ ()C 711£ C~/£RJ'
,cz£l) ..w0I6W..ee9V. WENT tiP TO,...:.R,-,,-l4..:.;..:~-,,-~.:..:.._ __
. VICTORY TO YES SIRE. THEY
I'VE LOST RAMA.TWO MADE HIM FALL
A SHOE! YOUNG FROM HIS
, HAVE BOYS..• u, CHARIOT! ......-1

LOST MY TWO OF
SWORD! THEM ••• r-:.
~

SHATRUGHNA
FALLEN!!
.............

RAMA WAS 0I8T(JRBEO.

TWO CHILDREN AND
SO BRAVE! WHO COULD THEY
BE P YOU TAKE OVER.
LAXMANA. GO AND
THOSE
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GLORY
RAMA'

lOSTIN

Ttli/O
YOtlIV6
BOYSI
tiP
/l8fl1N8T
RfllJ?/l/
GO AWAY NOW'--.:-.=.....::.-'--"-_ .

TAKE A
LOOK AT
HIM
FIRST.
 LUV DON'T
YOU YOU
WITH THE WANT TO
HORSE; LIVE,
I'LL DEAL LADP
WITH
HIM!

YOUR .-
OWN
LIFE!

AND KUSH 8fl0T AN AR,t;il?U/. ..

••. 71IE
•

\ THEIR ·
SEEM TO
FLY BY
MAGIC!

I .

WE SHOULD
MAKE FRIENDS
WITH

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 K(JSII AIYO LAXMAIYA E/V6I9~O /IV /I F(JR/~ B/lTTLE.

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K(JSII WAS fAJO(JII/OEO IN mE

RBIIT.
!WON'T
LET YOU
LIVE
AFTER
WHAT YOU
HAVE DONE
TO KUSH!
[(IV 11/10 11m lMMI9IVl9lElL
- FOR
YOUR LAXMANA HAS
,LIVES! . FALLEN!

RIJM/I /1//16' IIERY' (lPCE7

fiE IIE/IRO TilE NE/1/S.
NOW BHARATA.
YOU MUST GO
WITH THE
MONKEY
FORCES.
Lt.lfI .41110 KtIcS'lI EXO'It9tV6'- IN8T11IVllY AN ARROW 8TRtlCK
MEhllV#V6FU'L LOOKS. #A/Vt.lMAIV"8 MACE.
SAY, LET'~ THE
MAKE MON- SOONER
BRATS
KEYS OUT OF THE DESERVE
MON- TO BE
t--.
KEYS! _II
KILLED!

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..• BOT PR()f/EO UIV£Q(I,4L TO T#E mSK.

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 A THOUSAND
PARDONS,O RAMAl

r WILL COME

RAMA LEO IfISflUBE

RIlM/I OECIOEO TORNO Offf/lB()(/T TIIEClitUlREN. WE 00 NOT
ARE YOUR KNOW ABOUT OUR
FATHER FATHER BUT SITA IS OUR
AND MOTHER? MOTHER. BUT WHY ARE
YOU SO INtERESTED
ANYWAY?

Ii THE BOV8 010

RECOGNISED 1116'Y1.IIIS
l!,Jf1'E.f!J.
_ _~--,--_',_··'CA" /'if,:y
::"'-'-..: :---=-AI<E SITA'S ":.;.:.-'"

LOOK,HE IS
FAINTING! AND
BECAUSE OF WHAT
WE SAID. LET'S GO
TAKE CARE OF
HIS ARMY.
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~E.

TI/E Mao/KEV.9 OEAt..T WITM L(JI/

t9NO Kt/6'1/ RETURIfIEO TO R/IM/I.
GOODNESS!
. HE IS STIll
CONSCIOUG!
 HEAVENS! NO! DID
YOU KILL HIM?

HERE
ARE YOUR
SONS,
M R/WI/I RECW6e!:O RAMA!
VAl.MIKI ~7 lW /tNt:> Ktl6W70
•
MELt HIM. HE DID
MAHARGHI! NOT DIE
MOTHER,
HE IS
ALIVE!

- .• VAIDEHI
OF THE RAMA-
'lANA 18 NONE
OTHER THAN
OUR
LUV!

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HIINUMIIIV t1Il16' 6'11lL

TIED liP.

SAY
ME,GLORY
BE TO
RAMA!

WON'T YOU
EVER UNTIE
~-=::::::::: BOYS?

, (/II/.MIKI BR(}(!(3f1T b'1T1I ,c(}Rt1I/lRtJ.

YOU fVlU8T
TAKE SITA
BACK WITH
VOU.

MAHAR8HI. MOTHER
HAVING ONCE EARTH, IF I AM
SENT HER PURE. GATHER
AWAV, HOW ME TO VOUR
CAN I... . LAP!
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... I9IYO 71IE E/lRTII P/JRTEO tiNDER 81m 1VB11Y 7tJ $INK #Yo
IIER FEET...
. YOU MOTHER!
HAVE
MOVE ~~

AWAY, MOTHER!
THE EARTH
IS NG

RAMA EMBR/ICEO 11m

DO NOT GRIEVE IT WAS SAI~ G
MVSONRVOUR . BORN OF THE
MOTHER HAS EARTH. THIS PRO-
WAS TRUE.
GONE BACKTO -_..---' .
HER MOTHER.

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R/IM/l RETVRIVW TO //vOOh"t,lA!

THE BOYS
PROVED
h-

ONE DAY
THEY WILL
MAKE GREAT
RULERS!

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