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'''Sita Swayamvara''' ([[Maithili language|Maithili]]: सीता स्वंवर) is the ''[[Svayamvara|swayamvara]]'' event, culminating in the wedding of the deities [[Rama]] and [[Sita]], the protagonists of the [[Mahakavya|Hindu epic]] ''[[Ramayana]]''. The event was related to a competition among the kings in the Indian subcontinent to win the hand of the princess Sita of the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]] Kingdom. The competition of the ''Sita Swayamvara'' was organised at the court of Sita's father - King Shreedhwaja [[Janaka]] in Mithila.<ref>{{Cite news |title=सीता ने स्वयंवर के जरिए ही क्यों चुना राम को अपना पति? क्यों किया जाता था स्वयंवर? |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/story-of-sita-and-ram-marriage-meaning-of-swayamvar-5959488.html/ |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=जानिए, क्या सीता स्वयंवर में गया था लंका नरेश रावण - Know Did Lanka king Ravana Go To Sita Swayamvar |url=https://www.jagran.com/spiritual/religion-know-did-lanka-king-ravana-go-to-sita-swayamvar-22278310.html |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Bombay |first=Anthropological Society of |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Journal.html?id=kyRRAQAAMAAJ#v=onepage&q=sita%20swayamvar&f=false |title=Journal |date=1907 |language=en}}</ref>
 
== Background ==
{{see also|Svayamvara}}
According to the [[ReligiousHindu texttexts|Hindu scriptures]] ofincluding [[Hinduism]]the ''Ramayana'', the divine bow [[Pinaka (Hinduism)|Pinaka]] of the god [[Shiva|Lord Shiva]] was given to King [[Devarata Janaka]] of [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]] for its safe-keeping. That bow Pinaka of Lord Shiva was safereceived till the Kingby Shreedhwaja [[Janaka]] as hisin heritagelegacy. It iswas said that the bow was such aso powerful that no one was able to uplift it. There is a story that onceOnce, princess [[Sita]] had lifted this bow in her childhood. When the King Janaka saw the princess Sita uplifting the divine bow Pinaka, he was impressed by her power and then he thought that she was no ordinary maiden.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Pinak Dhanush in Ramayan: भगवान शिव के धनुष के कारण ही हुआ राम-सीता का विवाह, जानें कथा |url=https://www.amarujala.com/spirituality/religion/ramcharitmanas-know-the-connection-of-ram-sita-swayamvar-and-pinak-dhanush-in-hindi-2023-12-20 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref>
 
After King Janaka thought that princess Sita should marry to a more powerful man who can uplift and break the bow. Therefore, when the princess Sita later grew up and became eligible for marriage, then the King Janaka organised ''Swayamvara Shabha'' at his court for the selection of bridegroom to the princess Sita. In the Swayamvara Shabha, the King Janaka put a condition among the participating kings that to become bridegroom of the princess Sita one had to uplift and break the divine bow [[Pinaka (Hinduism)|Pinaka]].<ref name=":2" />
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