Urmila's fourteen-year sleep

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Lakshmana never slept; Urmila slept for both.

On the first night of exile, Nidra, goddess of sleep, appears to Lakshmana and he asks for sleeplessness for fourteen years to guard Rama and Sita. She agrees if someone takes his share. Urmila accepts and sleeps for fourteen years. She wakes when he returns and sees Rama's coronation.

Who: Urmila, Lakshmana, Nidra

Places: Mithila, Ayodhya

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