
Hema is an apsara in Lord Indra‘s court. As per the fable when Yaksha Mayasura was Hema, it was love at first sight and he immediately married her. Hema was an apsara but in love with Mayasura now. They had two sons, Mayavi and Dundubhi, and a daughternamed Mandodari.
Hema lived with the family for a few years and then left her children in care of her husband and She later left them and returned to Svarga.

Maa Ganga is a goddess and the daughter of Mountain Himavan. Ganga is immensely beautiful and was given away to thedevtas. At Bhagiratha‘s request, she assumed the form of a river and flowed down from the mountains to the earth. She was unstoppable and nly Lord Shiva could control her force by tying her in his top knot.

Goddess Shiva is the consort of Lord Shiva, who is part of the Trimurti, the supreme trinity in Hinduism, along with Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma. Interestingly Lord Rama and Ravana were both staunch devotees of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati who is a witness to the battle of Lanka with her husband wonders how he will juggle all his devotees and do justice to them.

Lord Hauman is an important character in Ramayana and Anjana, Hanuman’ mother, an important part of Hanuman’s life. Though there is no direct access to Devi Anjana in the epic, her reference is there all the time. According to a version of the legend, Añjanā was an apsara named Puñjikastalā, who was born on earth as a vanara princess who married Kesari, a vanara chief.
In some Shaivatraditions, Vayu, the god of the wind, carried the divine power of Shiva to Anjana’s womb, and that is why Lord Hanuman is considered an incarnation of Lord Shiva.

Sita was happy to be back in Ayodhya and life was getting back to normal after the
coronation of Lord Rama as the king of Ayodhya but the ghosts of Lanka haunted Sita. One
day Lord Rama in disguise was strolling around his kingdom and overheard a washerwoman
discuss Sita with her husband. She said, “Rama accepted Sita despite her long stay in Lanka.
If the same happened to me, would you trust me and take me back home?’ The washerman
had no answer and the seed of doubt was planted in Rama’s mind.

When Lord Rama killed Ravana and declared Vibhushan as the king of Lanka, Lord Indra
descended from heaven to congratulate Rama and bless him with a boon. Lord Rama did not
ask anything for himself but requested Indra Dev to restore life to all my monkey and bear
soldiers who fell in battle. “Let them rise up stronger than before!” requested Rama and Indra
Dev said ‘Tathastu’.
As the deity ascended into the sky, the monkeys and bears were restored to life, staring at one
another in amazement. Soon they returned to their kingdom and it was celebration time for
their wives and mothers.
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