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The terms for using ShriRamJanmabhumi.com: acceptable use, our content and your contributions, listings and advertising, liability and governing law.
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Aranya Kanda: The Forest Years
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Brotherhood and Family: Bharata and Lakshmana
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True Friendship: Guha, Sugriva and Vibhishana
Shri Ram made friends of a tribal chief, an exiled vanara and his enemy's brother. What the Ramayana says a friend is, and what a friend must do.
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Ram ki Paidi: The Ghats of a Million Lamps
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Sita ki Rasoi: The Kitchen of Sita
Sita ki Rasoi near the Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya is revered as the kitchen where the new bride Sita first cooked. Its meaning and the Annapurna tradition.

