A golden deer—an illusion sent by the demon king Ravana—lured Rama away. He told Lakshmana, “Do not leave Sita alone.” But when Sita heard Rama’s voice—actually Ravana mimicking it—crying for help, she ordered Lakshmana to go. Lakshmana, bound by his duty to obey his brother’s wife, left.
But the night before his coronation, a shadow moved through the palace. Queen Kaikeyi—Dasharatha’s favorite wife, Rama’s stepmother—had been poisoned by the whispers of her maid Manthara. She demanded two boons that Dasharatha had promised her years ago: first, that her son Bharata be crowned king; second, that Rama be exiled to the forest for fourteen years. prince rama
Because that is what princes do. They walk toward the destruction, smiling. A golden deer—an illusion sent by the demon