For many Hindus, Dussehra marks the conquest of the Hindu god Rama over the demon king Ravana, who had kidnapped Rama's wife Sita.
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Rama is deprived of the kingdom to which he is heir and is exiled to the forest with his wife Sita and his brother Lakshmana.
In their search for Sita, the brothers ally themselves with a monkey king whose general, the monkey god Hanuman, finds Sita in Lanka.
Holst's works include the opera Sita, composed during 1899 1906; The Hymn of Jesus, for chorus and orchestra (1917); Ode to Death, for chorus and orchestra (1919); The Perfect Fool, an opera (1923); Choral Symphony (1923 24); the opera At the Boar's Head (1925); Double Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra (1929); and Hammersmith, for orchestra (1930).
There Ravana, the demon-king of Lanka, carries off Sita to his capital while her two protectors are busy pursuing a golden deer sent to the forest to mislead them.
When Rama is restored to his kingdom, the populace casts doubt on whether Sita remained chaste while a captive.
Rama's killing of the monkey king Valin and his banishment of the innocent Sita, for example, have been troublesome to subsequent tradition.
Only plays based on the Ramayana are performed, and major puppet figures represent Rama, his consort Sita, the monkey Hanuman, and Ravana, a 10-headed demon king who kidnaps Sita.
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