Ramayana: From Exile to Return

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Shuka and Sarana serve Ravana in this covert role (5)
• Forest settlement where a golden animal draws Rama away from Sita (10)
• Rama's homecoming culminates in this royal ceremony (10)
• Vali's son who carries Rama's ultimatum to Ravana's court (6)
• Vanara commander paired with Nala as a causeway builder in later retellings (4)
• Forest sage whose wife Anasuya welcomes Sita (4)

Down

• Ravana's flying vehicle, later used for the journey home (8)
• Woodland fare offered to Rama by a devoted ascetic woman (5)
• Ravana's chief queen, who urges him to return Sita in later tellings (9)
• Tree that gives Sita's grove of captivity its name (5)
• Watery expanse blocking the vanara army's advance toward Ravana (5)
• Nishada chief who welcomes Rama at Shringaverapura (4)
• Golden disguise that lures Rama away from his forest home (4)

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