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Sree Vidya Ramayanam is a version of Ramayana (the story of Lord Rama) that is based on Deva Shree Lalitha (Shri Vidya). This says, Lalitha rules the world and all the happenings in Ramayana are also by the orders of Lalitha. Overview The story of Ramayana as per Srividya ramayanam is as follows. This starts with the conversation between Agastya and Hayagreeva. Agastya asks Hayagreeva to explain him the Guhya thathvam (secret philosophy) of Brahmmanda purana. Hayagreeva explains it to Agastya as follows. Once Indra wanted to test the lovely couple (Ahalya - Gauthama). So Indra disguised himself as a rooster and went to Gauthama's ashram before the day dawned. By making sound like a rooster, Indra tricked Gauthama and the latter went out to the river bank for having bath thinking that the day had dawned. At the ashram Ahalya was left alone. Indra appeared as Gauthama and tried to misbehave with Ahalya. Ahalya being a pathi vratha (one who never thinks of a man other than her husband) and a Devi bhaktha (devotee), found out the intention that Indra was having in his mind and prayed to Devi to save her and make Indra realise his mistake. Initially before starting for execution of this task, Indra (also a devi devotee) prayed to Devi to protect him in case of any trouble. So after listening to Ahalya's plea to save her, Devi turned Ahalya into a stone. Now neither Indra nor Ahalya would get a bad name. Indra realised his mistake on seeing Ahalya turning into a stone. Gauthama on seeing Indra at his ashram and Ahalya turned into a stone, judged what could have happened with the prowess of his tapas (meditation). Origin of Sree vidya ramayanam To kill the asuras Lalitha originated from the "chith agni kundam" and after killing asuras she married Lord Kameshwara (form of Lord shiva, adorned with jewels). Every body was happy. but Gauthama was still thinking of Ahalya. On seeing this, Lalitha announced that everyone including herself will suffer for not helping Ahalya at the time of her difficulty in the Ramayana time. So she said "My form Narayanee will be born as Rama and Narayanan will be born as Lakshman. Form of Parameswara and Brahmma will be born as Bharatha and Shatrughna. Indra who troubled Ahalya is similar to monkey. So he was borne as Sugreeva, the monkey king. Like Gowthama who suffered a lot from being separated from his wife, Rama, Sugreeva will also need to pay their debt. (Rama and Sita will part and similarly Sugreeva and Thara) Relation to Ramayana Kausalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra, wives of King Dasaratha of Ayodhya were ardent devotees of Sree Lalitha, Parameswara and Brahmma,Vishnu respectively. They prayed to their favourite deities and got child(ren) of their choice. Kausalya gave birth to Rama (Devi's form), Kaikeyi to Bharatha (Parameswara's form) and sumitra gave birth to Lakshmana (Vishnu's form) and Shathrughna (Brahmma's form). The rest are similar to Ramayana by Valmiki. But all happenings are centered at Devi's command. End notes Many versions of Ramayana exists. We can't say this is the right one or so. All are aimed at increasing one's faith towards God. If we take the situation where all including Devi herself are suffering the punishment for not helping Ahalya, we can conclude that even God need to repay his debts. This is the wonderful principle of equality. This Sree vidya ramayana, enforces optimism. If one thinks positively 1. All that happened will seem to be good 2. All that is happening will be good. 3. All that will happen will also be good.
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