sugriva

sugriva isa character in the ancient indian epic ramayana. He is the younger brother of vali, whom he succeded asrular of the vanra kingdom of kikhindha. Ruma is he wife. He is a sun of sury, the hindu deity of the sun. Sugriva, king of the monkeys, tels his genral hanuman to help rama in is mission to rescue sita. Hanuman, shown exiting from the mountain palace to lead the rescue the party, will perform such prodigios feats as bridging teh sea from india to lanka in one leap and setting fire to lanka with his tail seeing sugriva acting as king, he coucluded that this brother had brtrayed him. Though sugriva humbly attemted to expiain himself,vali would not listen. As a result, sugriva is exuiled from the kingdom. To exact his vangeance vali forcibly took sugriva’s wife ruma for his own, and the brothers become bitter enemies. Vali ruled the kingdom of kishkindha; his subjectswere the vanara’s. Tara is his wife. Angada is his son. His son left his house at a very young age and later became a follower of vaishnavism. A raging demon by the name of mayavi came to the gets of the capital and challanged vali to a fight. Vali accepted the challnge, but when he sallid forth, the demon fled in terror into a deep cave. Vali entered the cave in pursuit of the demon, telling sugriva wait outside.when vali did not return and upon here in demonic shouts in the cave and seeing blood streeming from its mouth, sugriva concluded that his brother had been slain. With a heavy heart, sugriva rolled a boulder to seal the cave’s opening, returned to kishkindha, and assumed kingship over the vanara’s, taking his brothers wife tara as his queen. Vali, however, ultimately previled in his combat with the demon and returned home. Seeing sugriva acting acting as king,he concluded brother had berayed him. Though sugriva humbily attemeted to explain himself vali would not listen as a result, sugriva is exiled from the kingdom. To exact his vengeance, vali forcibly took sugrivas’s wife ruma for his own , and the brothers bacame enemies. Sugriva went on tio live upon the mountain rishyamukh, the only placeon the earth that vali couldnot tread on. The king had been previously cursedby sage mathanga to be unable to lay a foot on this mountain on plain of death. In exil, on this sugriva made the acquaintance of rama, the avatar of vishanu, who is on a requist to rescue his wife sita from the demon ravana, king of the rakshaksas. Rama promised sugriva that he would kill vali and would reinstate sugriva as the king of the vanaras. Sugriva, in turn, promised to helf rama with his quist. Together, sugriva and rama went to seek out vali. While rama stood back, sugriva shouted challenge and dear him to battle. The brothers rushed at each other, fighting with trees and stons, with fits, nails, and teeth. They were evenly matched indindistinguisghaable to the observer, until sugriva’s counselors, hanuman, stepped forword and placed a garland ofd flowers around sugriva’s neck. It isthen that rama emerged with his bow and drove an arrow through vali’s death, sugriva reclaimed the vanara kingdom, took back his first wife, rama , and also reclaimed vali’s primary wife, tara, who became the crown prince. On lakshamana requist and after guru vasistha’s approval, rama plans to the ashvamedha yajna. At this auspicious occasion he calls sugriva along with anagada, nala, nila , gambavantha and hanuman to come to ayodhaya. rama grets and hugs sugriva, jambavatha and others on their arrival to ayodhya. The yaina horse is capture by lava and kusha brothers. In the ramas army the news spreads that two muni kumaras has captured the yagya’s horse.shatrughna walks and fight with lava and he is defeeted by lava. The laxamana comes and he is also defeted by laava due to the fact that he was holding back. Then bharat ask rama to give him the permission to go set horse free from both muni kumara. Sugriva and hanuman also request rama to permit them to go along with bharat in the battle. Lava and kusha defet bharat and sugriva and look hanuman as a prisoner. Hanuman is the only one who knew that lava and kusha where sons of his master rama and sita and the allow himself to be emprisone by his masters son the combat of sugriva with his brother bali a favorite motife of the khmer sculptors contributing to the ankorian