Bharata

Bharata is the name of three different persons in Hindu mythology, as well as the author of a work of dramatic theory.

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Bharata was the half-brother of Lord Rama, and the son of Emperor Dasaratha and Kaikeyi of the Solar Dynasty. It is said that after Rama, he was the symbol of idealism. As a matter of fact, there are a few commentators who deem Bharata to be even greater than Lord Rama himself in virtue.

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The Ramayana relates how Kaikeyi tricked the king into promising to put Bharatha on the throne of Ayodhya and banish Rama into exile. Bharata did not want to rule the kingdom which was rightfully his elder brother Rama's and so he placed Rama's sandals on the throne and managed the kingdom on behalf of his elder brother during Rama's 14 years of exile.

Rama: : This article is about the incarnation of God Vishnu and king of ancient India, for other meanings see Rama (disambiguation)....

Dasaratha: Dasaratha in Hindu mythology is the king of Ayodhya and a descendant of Raghuvamsa. He is the father of Lord Rama, the heroic prince who is considered an avatar of Vishnu in the epic Ramayana....

Kaikeyi: Kaikeyi (Sanskrit: ??????, Kaikey?, Malay: Kekayi, Thai: Kaiyakesi), in the Hindu epic R?m?ya?a, was the second of King Da?aratha's three wives and a queen of Ayodhy?. She was the mother of Bharata. The term Kaikey? in Sanskrit means "belonging to the Kaikeyas", referring the ruling family of the Ke...