A celebration of the birth of this god begins with the youngest female member of the family applying the red reeka markto the male members of the family.
A celebration of the birth of this god begins with the youngest female member of the family applying the red reeka markto the male members of the family. In one ritual celebrating him, the Sunderkand is read aloud. The worship of this god waspopularized by a Hindi language work of Tulsidas which has a name reflflecting a "sacred lake" of his deeds. During a festivalnamed for this god, idols of him are taken out of temples and paraded across the streets in a chariot procession before thegathered onlookers swim in the Sarayu river. Hindus often repeat this god's name twice as a greeting and frequently invokehim at death, as Gandhi did after being fatally shot. He is depicted wearing a conical hat called the Kiritamukuta and holdinga bow with his leftft hand and an arrow with his right. The holy city of Ayodhya was this god's birthplace. For 10 points, namethis incarnation of Vishnu frequently worshipped alongside his wife Sita.
A celebration of the birth of this god begins with the youngest female member of the family applying the red reeka markto the male members of the family.
Rama [prompt on "Vishnu"]