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Tamburi Dasayyas: Sita born from Ravana's nose

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A folk singer's mango is how Sita is born in one Kannada telling.

Kannada folk singers from a historically oppressed community tell of Ravula and his childless wife, who receive a magical mango from a Jogi (Shiva). Through a broken promise Sita is born from Ravana's nose and later abandoned in Janaka's field. Ramanujan treats the telling as earthy and mocking.

Who: Ravana, Sita, Shiva (as Jogi)

Bound to

Sita as Ravana's daughter same-story-other-version

Places: Karnataka

Where this comes from

• folk-oral · Ramanujan summary (Kannada folk) Tamburi Dasayyas

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