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'''Sita''', in [[Hindu mythology]] is the wife of [[Rama]]. She was a foundling, found in a furrow in a ploughed field, and became the adopted daughter of King [[Janaka]]. Thus Sita came to be known as [[Janaki]]. Because of this birth she is sometimes considered a daughter of [[Bhumidevi]]. After marrying Rama, she was kidnapped by King [[Ravana]] of the [[Rakshasa]]s, but rescued by her husband, who then became King of [[Ayodhya]].  She has two sons by Rama, called '''Lava''' and '''Kusha'''.

She may have been named after a [[goddess]] Sita, who is mentioned once in the [[Rigveda]] as an earth goddess who gives good crops. Her name means "[[furrow]]"'.

The birth place of Sita is "Punaura" located in [[Sitamarhi]] district of [[Bihar]] state in [[India]]. The other names by which Sita is known are Janaki, Vaidehi and Maithili. 

The story of her kidnapping and subsequent rescue forms the core of the [[Sanskrit]] epic, the [[Ramayana]], written by [[Valmiki]].

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''See also'': [[Sita (singer)]].

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