 In all narratives, Ahalya and Indra are cursed by Gautama.The curse varies from text to text, but almost all versions describe Rama as the eventual agent of her liberation and redemption.Although early texts describe how Ahalya must atone by undergoing severe penance while remaining invisible to the world and how she is purified by offering Rama hospitality, in the popular retelling developed over time, Ahalya is cursed to become a stone and regains her human form after she is brushed by Rama's foot.