Lord Rama, also called Ram, Sri Rama or Ramachandra, is the prince of Ayodhya in the Ramayana, the Hindu epic. Born to King Dasharatha and Queen Kausalya in the kingdom of Kosala, present-day Uttar Pradesh, he is worshipped as the seventh avatar of Vishnu. He is a legendary figure rather than a modern public figure, known through epic, devotional and performance traditions.

He is best known as the ideal man, maryada purushottama, and the embodiment of dharma. He accepted fourteen years of exile to