![]() Meanwhile in the street, the people of Ayodhya dance and sing in the streets in celebration at the royal births. On the bottom floor is Queen Kaikeyi with Bharata. On the top floor to the right is Queen Kausalya with Rama. ![]() Inside the palace, on the top floor to the left is Queen Sumitra with her twins. In this image, Dasaratha is seated under a white canopy. ![]() Eventually they all gave birth: Kausalya to Rama, who was one half of Vishnu, Kaikeyi to Bharata who was one sixth of Vishnu and Sumitra to twins, Lakshmana and Satrughna, who were both one sixth of Vishnu. He gave half the food to his first wife Kausalya, one sixth to his youngest wife Kaikeyi and the rest to Sumitra, his middle wife. A messenger of the Gods visited Dasaratha with magical food which he should feed to his wives. The Gods decided to grant him four sons, so that Vishnu could be reborn as a human being. He was unhappy however because he had no heirs. ![]() Dasaratha ruled a land called Koshada in northern India and his capital was Ayodha. Image showing the birth of the four divine sons of King Dasaratha. ![]()
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