Sri Rama or Sree Rama Chandra is the seventh incarnation of Sri Maha Vishnu. Lord Rama is one of the popular deities in Hinduism. He is considered the perfect man in the world. He is called ‘Maryadha Purushothaman’ in this sense. Our famous epic ‘Ramayana’ describes the story of Sreerama from his birth. Devi Sita, the avatar of Mahalakshmi, is the wife of Sreerama. Sita is represented as a concrete example of a perfect woman. Dasaratha, the king of Ayodhya is the father of Rama. Dasaradha has three wives, Kausalya, Kaikeyee and Sumithra. Kausalya’s son is Rama, Kaikeyi was the mother of Bharata, Sumitra was the mother of twins, Lakshamana and Shatrughna. So Sri Rama has 3 brothers they are Bharatha, Lakshmana and Sathrughna.
For keeping the word of his father, Rama even decided to avoid his kingdom and live in the forest for 14 years. His wife Sita and brother Lakshmana accompanied him through the way. On the way, Devi Sita was kidnapped by Ravana, the king of Lanka. Then Rama made an army with the help of Hanuman and the monkey king Sugriva. Then they killed Ravana and demolished his kingdom. Lanka then handed over to Vibhishana, brother of Ravana. After 14 years Rama came back to Ayodhya and became the king. This full story is written in our epic ‘Ramayana’. Even though he is the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, he lived as a human, with all qualities of an ideal man. He thus showed
Lord Sri Rama Temples in Kerala:
- Alathiyur Sreeraman, Malappuram
- Chiralayam Sreeraman
- Chirangara Sreeraman
- Chittoor Thekke Gramam Sreeraman
- Chokoor Sreeraman
- Jeralathu Sreeraman
- Kadavallur Sreeraman, Thrissur
- Karimpuzha Sreeraman
- Kothallur Kunnu Sreerama, Wayanad
- Mattam Kadavalloor Sreeraman
- Ponkuzhi Sreeraman
- Ramapuram Sreeraman, Kottayam
- Ramapuram Sreeraman, Malapuram
- Sajivothamapuram Sreeraman
- Thirumani Venkitapuram Sreeraman
- Thirumarayoor Sreeraman
- Thiruvangadu Sreeraman
- Thrikkalathur Sreeraman
- Thriprayar Sreeraman, Thrissur
- Tripunithura Sreeraman, Ernakulam
- Velinellur Sreeraman
- Vellarakadu Sreeraman
