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Question: Who killed Indrajit, the son of Ravana?
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Correct Answer Indrajit was to perform one yagnyan (offering to God) called Nikumbhila, which would make him invincible. Vibheeshana, the youngest brother of Ravana, gets to know this and tells Rama that this yagnyan should not be allowed be completed, otherwise, defeating Indrajit and Ravana would be impossible. Lakshmana goes and kills Indrajit with a special weapon. On hearing the death of his son, Ravana sends a special weapon called Ashtaghanta, which knocks Lakshmana unconcious, which makes everybody think that Lakshmana is dead.
Question: Who were entrusted the responsibility of building the bridge to Lanka?
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Correct Answer The brothers Nala and Neela were given the responsibility of building the bridge, as they had a boon that rocks thrown by them into water will float. So all the vanara sena would fetch rocks and give them to Nala and Neela, who would in turn, throw them into water. Interestingly, there is a chain of islands linking India and SriLanka, called the Adam's Bridge. It is claimed by some that this chain of islands is the bridge built by the vanara sena. Vishwakarma is the diety of architecture and engineering.
Question: When Rama and company go in search of Sita, Hanuman crosses an ocean to reach Lanka, the kingdom of Ravana, in one giant leap. However, before taking the giant leap, Hanuman was unaware of his own capabilities. Who informs Hanuman that he is indeed capable of jumping over the ocean?
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Correct Answer Jambavanta the bear, is the other immortal character (chiranjeev) in the epic, apart from Hanuman. He tells Hanuman that Hanuman can indeed jump over the ocean and reach Lanka.
Question: Who informs Rama first that Ravana has abducted Sita and taken her to Lanka?
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Correct Answer Jatayu was a large eagle (falcon) and was the younger son of Arun, who is the charioteer of Sun. Sampathi was the elder brother of Jatayu. While Ravana was abducting Sita, Jatayu fought a fierce battle with Ravana to save Sita. Ravana Cut off Jatayu's wings in the battle. Rama, while searching Sita, comes across Jatayu, who informs him that Ravana had abducted Sita and taken her to Lanka.
Question: While abducting Sita, Ravana takes help of this demon. What is the demon's name?
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Correct Answer Mareecha was actually defeated by Rama once before and was afraid of Rama. However, Ravana persuades him to take the form of a golden deer. Sita, on seeing the golden deer, asks Rama to catch it. Rama goes after it and kills Mareecha, who, while dying mimics Rama's voice and screams "save me Lakshmana". On hearing this, Sita gets agitated and sends Lakshmana to help his brother. Then Ravana comes and abducts Sita in the absence of both Rama and Lakshmana. Surpanakha is another demon whose nose and ears are cut off by Lakshmana. Kumbhakarna is a brother of Ravana. Bakasura is a demon in Mahabharata.
Question: Rama has to lift Shiva's bow to be eligible to marry Sita. He lifts it and breaks it by pulling its string (stringing it). What is the name of this bow?
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Correct Answer Pinaka is the bow of Shiva, and one of the many names of Shiva is Pinakapani, meaning one who wields Pinaka. Kodanda is the bow of Rama. Khatvanga is the magic wand/staff of Shiva and Koumodaki is the mace of Vishnu.
Question: Which of these people did Lakshmana never threaten to raise arms against?
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Correct Answer Amazing as it may seem, Lakshmana did plan to raise arms on Dasaratha, Bharata, and Parshurama.
Even though Dasaratha was his father, Lakshmana was enraged at him when Rama resolved to go into exile, blaming him for acting unjustly with his son because of a woman.
When Rama was in exile, Bharata had come to meet him and persuade him to come home. However, Lakshmana thought he wanted to kill Rama and was about raise arms against him.
As for Parshurama, that was right after Shri Rama won the hand of Sita by breaking the great bow of Shri Shiva. The sage Parshurama was enraged because of the broken bow and threatened to kill Shri Rama, and so Lakshmana almost fought him.
In all cases, even though it was because he was enraged on account of Shri Rama, it was Rama himself who made him calm down and think rationally.
Question: In his next incarnation, Lakshmana was...
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Correct Answer Krishna was the reincarnation of Shri Vishnu, and Balarama was his elder brother. Nanda was their adopted father/guardian, and Sudama was their friend.
