11-23-2007, 09:54 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-k.ram+Nov 21 2007, 06:58 AM-->QUOTE(k.ram @ Nov 21 2007, 06:58 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>'Ram was 39 years old when he killed Ravana'</b>
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It has been a while since I had posted something.
If I remember my Ramayana rightly (appa used to read Valmiki Ramayana and we used to sit and listen to it, so I dont know the exact chapter and verse to quote here.) But IIRC, Seetha mentions once that she was six and Rama was fifteen when they got married. After the wedding they came back to Ayodhya and lived happily for 12 years. i.e. Seetha was 18, Rama was 27 when they set out for Vanavasa. They spent 13 years in Vanavasa before Ravana abducted Seetha devi . At that time She was 31, He was 40. The battle with ended when She was 32, He was 41.
This is my recollection. But again, I have to go thru the book again to hunt for the exact verses to corroborate my memory.
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It has been a while since I had posted something.
If I remember my Ramayana rightly (appa used to read Valmiki Ramayana and we used to sit and listen to it, so I dont know the exact chapter and verse to quote here.) But IIRC, Seetha mentions once that she was six and Rama was fifteen when they got married. After the wedding they came back to Ayodhya and lived happily for 12 years. i.e. Seetha was 18, Rama was 27 when they set out for Vanavasa. They spent 13 years in Vanavasa before Ravana abducted Seetha devi . At that time She was 31, He was 40. The battle with ended when She was 32, He was 41.
This is my recollection. But again, I have to go thru the book again to hunt for the exact verses to corroborate my memory.