The story of Rama and Sita

A good man, called Rama, was

married to a beautiful princess,
called Sita.
They had been banished to live in the forest with
his brother, Lakshman, by his stepmother, as she
wanted her son to be King.
Ravana, the Demon king with ten heads, heard of Sita’s
beauty and goodness and planned to kidnap her. By magic,
he conjured up a golden fawn. She asked Rama to capture
it
The demon king disguised himself as an old man
and tricked Sita. He kidnapped her and flew away
on his chariot back to his island, Lanka.
Rama and Lakshman searched many months for
Sita. Finally, they asked Hanuman, king of the
monkey army, for help. Hanuman could fly.
He found Sita imprisoned on the island of Lanka.
Hanuman, Rama and Lakshman prepared
themselves for battle.
 This was one of the greatest battles ever
seen. The fighting lasted for ten whole days.
It looked as though Ravana was going to win, until
Rama borrowed a special bow and arrow from the
gods. Rama shot Ravana and the battle was won.
 Rama rescued Sita and they decided to go
home. As it got dark, the people of the
kingdom put out little oil lamps (divas) in
their windows to show the way home.

It seemed as though there were more

lamps than stars in the sky.
 Everyone was happy and Rama and Sita ruled well.
Now every year people remember this story at Divali
by lighting diva lights inside their homes and fireworks
outside.