The child is then abandoned and found by Janaka.
It also claims that astrologers predict that first child of the duo will destroy his lineage. In a startling alternate narrative of the Ramayan, the Jaina version of Ramayana by Sanghadasa - called the Adbhuta Ramayana - Sita is called Vasudevahindi and is said to have been born as the daughter of Ravana and Vidyadhara Maya (Ravana's wife). Ramayan says that as a part of worship of the Bhumi (Mother Earth) goddess, Janak was ploughing the field and his plough struck a box that carried a newborn that the Bhumi Devi had meant for him to adopt as his own.
But one thing they all agree on was that Janak the king of Mithila and his wife Sunaina were not the biological parents of the child. Lord Ram's wife Sita wasn't King Janak's own daughter -ĭifferent versions exist about who was the real father of Sita Mata. But here are some interesting facts of Ramayan that are rarely mentioned in the broad narrative.ġ.
