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Valmiki

This person is the poet who wrote the epic poem The Ramayana; a sage who meditates so long they are encompassed in an anthill. This character teaches the poem to two disciples, who perform it at a festival.

Rama

This character is the human embodiment of the god of the earth. He is exiled for fourteen years, and his wife is stolen from him, but he recovers her and reigns for ten thousand years of peace and prosperity.

Narayana/Vishnu

This is the eternal form of the central character in the epic poem; when the character dies from his human form, this is the form he returns to.

Sita

This character is the wife of the lord of the Earth, who goes into exile with him for fourteen years. She is stolen by the Demon King, and eventually rescued.

Lakshmi

This person is the goddess of good...

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