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Ananda Ramayana: Ravana locks Kausalya in a box

Variant

Rama's parents were married inside a box on an island.

In the opening canto of the Ananda Ramayana, Ravana asks Brahma how he will die and is told Dasharatha and Kausalya's son will do it. He abducts Kausalya before her wedding and leaves her in a box on a remote island. Dasharatha rescues her and sages marry them inside the box. Mandodari stops Ravana from killing them. The Wikipedia page says this story appears in no other Ramayana.

Who: Ravana, Kausalya, Dasharatha, Brahma, Mandodari

Bound to

Rama's sand linga and Hanuman's pride same-story-other-version

Places: Gokarna (Ravana's penance)

Where this comes from

• devotional · Wikipedia: Ananda Ramayana canto 1

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