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The Valmiki Ramayana narrates:
When all of Ravana's sons and warriors die, Ravana organizes a yajna ("fire sacrifice") to assure his victory. Rama sends a troop of monkeys headed by Hanuman and the monkey prince Angada to destroy this yajna. The monkeys create havoc in Ravana's palace, but Ravana continues the yajna. Angada drags Mandodari by her hair in front of Ravana. Mandodari pleads to her husband to save her and reminds him what Rama is doing for his wife. The enraged Ravana abandons the yajna and strikes Angada with his sword. With the yajna disturbed, Angada's purpose is served and he leaves Mandodari and escapes. Mandodari again implores Ravana to surrender Sita to Rama, but he refuses. Other Ramayana adaptations present more gruesome descriptions of the incident. The Krittivasi Ramayan narrates that the monkeys dragged Mandodari and tore off her clothes. In Bicitra Ramayana, it is Hanuman who humiliates Mandodari. The Thai adaptation Ramakien narrates a symbolic rape of Mandodari. Hanuman sleeps with her in the form of Ravana and destroys her chastity, which protects Ravana's life.


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After the death of Ravana, Rama advises Vibhishana to take Mandodari as his wife, even though he already has a wife. A theory suggests that Ravana's race may have had matrilineal families and thus, to restore order in the kingdom after Ravana's death, it was necessary for Vibhishana to marry the reigning queen to get the right to rule. Another theory suggests it may be a non-Aryan custom to marry the reigning queen. The marriage between Mandodari and Vibhishana is purely an "act of statesmanship", rather than a marriage based on their "mutual sexual interference". Mandodari may have agreed to marry Vibhishana, her younger brother-in-law, as this would lead the kingdom to prosperity and stability as allies of Rama's Ayodhya, and she would continue to have a say in governance. Another reason for the marriage is as an alternative to suicide for the widowed Mandodari, which is averted by Rama.

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[quote name='CHANAKYA' timestamp='1366403011' post='1303635603']
The Valmiki Ramayana narrates:
When all of Ravana's sons and warriors die, Ravana organizes a yajna ("fire sacrifice") to assure his victory. Rama sends a troop of monkeys headed by Hanuman and the monkey prince Angada to destroy this yajna. The monkeys create havoc in Ravana's palace, but Ravana continues the yajna. Angada drags Mandodari by her hair in front of Ravana. Mandodari pleads to her husband to save her and reminds him what Rama is doing for his wife. The enraged Ravana abandons the yajna and strikes Angada with his sword. With the yajna disturbed, Angada's purpose is served and he leaves Mandodari and escapes. Mandodari again implores Ravana to surrender Sita to Rama, but he refuses. [color=#ff0000]Other Ramayana adaptations present more gruesome descriptions of the incident. The Krittivasi Ramayan narrates that the monkeys dragged Mandodari and tore off her clothes. In Bicitra Ramayana, it is Hanuman who humiliates Mandodari. The Thai adaptation Ramakien narrates a symbolic rape of Mandodari. Hanuman sleeps with her in the form of Ravana and destroys her chastity, which protects Ravana's life.[/color]


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[/quote]pachi boothu....nenu eppudu vinaledu....btw ninna Ramudu thread lo nenu oka question adigaanu chudu...evaru answer cheppaledu

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Intaki edi nijam.... sCo_^Y

Aa second di aite mari nasty ga vundi...[img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hDV6i4ggu-Q/UXGF0x_vWiI/AAAAAAAADEU/rAuRoiFjaL4/s1600/brahmi2.gif[/img]

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[quote name='Kaarthikeya' timestamp='1366403375' post='1303635660']
pachi boothu....nenu eppudu vinaledu....btw ninna Ramudu thread lo nenu oka question adigaanu chudu...evaru answer cheppaledu
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u cant write off such incidents....jargina andulo ashcaryam ledu...as far as i see ramayana and mahabharata..

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[quote name='ChittiNaidu' timestamp='1366403446' post='1303635669']


u cant write off such incidents....jargina andulo ashcaryam ledu...as far as i see ramayana and mahabharata..
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Emo edi nijamo edi abbadamo evariki teliyadu... edi bagunte in terms of good adhi teesukuni nammali ante... [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hDV6i4ggu-Q/UXGF0x_vWiI/AAAAAAAADEU/rAuRoiFjaL4/s1600/brahmi2.gif[/img]

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[quote name='ChittiNaidu' timestamp='1366403446' post='1303635669']


u cant write off such incidents....jargina andulo ashcaryam ledu...as far as i see ramayana and mahabharata..
[/quote]ya nee DP chuste evadikaina alage anipistundi [img]http://lh3.ggpht.com/--o7mXz3u-j4/T9VVBGzBJAI/AAAAAAAAGo0/kmj8a1-XW2g/s150/PK-1.gif[/img]

ekkadiki poyav chitti...chala rojulu taruvatha chustunna ninnu [img]http://lh3.ggpht.com/--o7mXz3u-j4/T9VVBGzBJAI/AAAAAAAAGo0/kmj8a1-XW2g/s150/PK-1.gif[/img]

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[quote name='Kaarthikeya' timestamp='1366403375' post='1303635660']
[b]pachi boothu....nenu eppudu vinaledu....[/b]btw ninna Ramudu thread lo nenu oka question adigaanu chudu...evaru answer cheppaledu
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<bold> lol... [size=4]manaki telisinde nijam antaava... [/size]
agnosticism ane concept asalu anduke puttindi...


<other> em qustn? post here..

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[quote name='Brahmanandam_AFDB' timestamp='1366403434' post='1303635666']
Intaki edi nijam.... sCo_^Y

Aa second di aite mari nasty ga vundi...[img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hDV6i4ggu-Q/UXGF0x_vWiI/AAAAAAAADEU/rAuRoiFjaL4/s1600/brahmi2.gif[/img]
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lets join agnosticism [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hDV6i4ggu-Q/UXGF0x_vWiI/AAAAAAAADEU/rAuRoiFjaL4/s1600/brahmi2.gif[/img]

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[quote name='ChittiNaidu' timestamp='1366403446' post='1303635669']


u cant write off such incidents...[b].jargina andulo ashcaryam ledu...as far as i see ramayana and mahabharata..[/b]
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so true...

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[quote name='Kaarthikeya' timestamp='1366403542' post='1303635691']


[b]ekkadiki poyav chitti...chala rojulu taruvatha chustunna ninnu [/b]
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[img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hDV6i4ggu-Q/UXGF0x_vWiI/AAAAAAAADEU/rAuRoiFjaL4/s1600/brahmi2.gif[/img]

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[quote name='CHANAKYA' timestamp='1366403564' post='1303635694']
<bold> lol... [size=4]manaki telisinde nijam antaava... [/size]
agnosticism ane concept asalu anduke puttindi...


<other> em qustn? post here..
[/quote]nuvvu cheppinattu manchi ne teesukovali ani naaku nee posts dwaara telisindi ee db ki vachina kothalo sSc_hidingsofa

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[quote name='Brahmanandam_AFDB' timestamp='1366403536' post='1303635688']

Emo edi nijamo edi abbadamo evariki teliyadu... edi bagunte in terms of good adhi teesukuni nammali ante... [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hDV6i4ggu-Q/UXGF0x_vWiI/AAAAAAAADEU/rAuRoiFjaL4/s1600/brahmi2.gif[/img]
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ippudu caste feelings unnatu..a writers raase times lo kuda regionalism ane feeling undedi.. ani nammutunna..

alantappudu...they try to potray their own person as a good ruler and the oppositiona as Villain and demoneous..



for example..: Sr.NTR ni tesko...oka caste vallu tehy potray him as good leader..manchi panulu chesadu ani.

inko vargam vallu they ause him becoz he initiated caste based politics ani...



future lo valla gurinchi teliyani vallu..valla gurinchi evadaina book raasi saduvute..they will find both versions....same rule applies here..

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