The story of Rama and Sita

A good man, called Rama, was

married to a beautiful princess,
called Sita.
They had been banished to live in the
forest with his brother, Lakshman, by
his stepmother, as she wanted her son
to be King.
Ravana, the Demon king with ten
heads, heard of Sita’s beauty and
goodness and planned to kidnap her.
By magic, he conjured up a golden
fawn. She asked Rama to capture it
The demon king disguised himself as
an old man and tricked Sita. He
kidnapped her and flew away on his
chariot back to his island, Lanka.
 Rama and Lakshman searched many
months for Sita. Finally, they asked
Hanuman, king of the monkey army, for
help. Hanuman could fly.
He found Sita imprisoned on the island of
Lanka. Hanuman, Rama and Lakshman
prepared themselves for battle.
This was one of the greatest battles
ever seen. The fighting lasted for ten
whole days.
It looked as though Ravana was going
to win, until Rama borrowed a special
bow and arrow from the gods. Rama
shot Ravana and the battle was won.
 Rama rescued Sita and they decided
to go home. As it got dark, the
people of the kingdom put out little
oil lamps (divas) in their windows to
show the way home.

It seemed as though there were more

lamps than stars in the sky.
Everyone was happy and Rama and Sita
ruled well. Now every year people
remember this story at Divali by
lighting diva lights inside their homes
and fireworks outside.