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Jagamohana (Dandi) Ramayana: Sita is never exiled

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An Odia Ramayana with no sad ending.

Balarama Dasa's Odia Ramayana is a Shiva-Parvati dialogue that opens with Sati's return as Parvati. It ends with Sita happy in Ayodhya and never exiled, identifies Rama with Jagannath, and describes pregnancy rituals and Odia sweets. Southern Odisha expanded it to about 3,000 pages as the Dakshini Ramayana.

Who: Balarama Dasa, Rama, Sita, Jagannath

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Places: Odisha, Puri

Where this comes from

• devotional · Wikipedia: Jagamohana Ramayana

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