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    Kaikeyi (Sanskrit: कैकेयी, IAST: Kaikeyī) is a princess of Kekeya and the queen of Kosala in the Hindu epic Ramayana. Kaikeyi is the third queen and favourite...
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    in the Hindu epic Ramayana. Dasharatha married Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi. He was the father of Rama, the protagonist of the epic, Bharata, Lakshmana...
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    regent (rather than Bharata, his child by Kaikeyi), she flies into a rage and reports the news to Kaikeyi. Kaikeyi is initially pleased and hands Manthara...
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  • Kaikeyi about Dasharath's promise to Ashwapati and feeds that Dasharath is conspiring against her. Kaikeyi decides to stop Ram's coronation. Kaikeyi reminds...
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    Dasharatha of Ayodhya had three wives: Kausalya, Kaikeyi, and Sumitra. Bharata was born to Kaikeyi, while Rama was born to Kausalya, and Lakshmana and...
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    Ayodhya. Slowly, Queen Kaikeyi becomes influenced. Manthara reminds Queen Kaikeyi of the two boons that the King had promised her. Kaikeyi enters the private...
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    Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra, and four sons: Rama, Bharata, and twins Lakshmana, Shatrughna. Dasharatha also had a daughter named Shanta. Once, Kaikeyi saved...
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  • citizens. However, Kaikeyi's maid Manthara is not happy with the coronation and manipulates Kaikeyi to make Bharat as king. Kaikeyi asks two boons from...
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    urged by his father King Dasharatha, on the request of Rama's stepmother Kaikeyi; his travels across forests in the Indian subcontinent with his wife Sita...
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  • late 1990s. The king of Ayodhya, Dasharatha is forced by his third wife Kaikeyi, on the basis of a boon promised by himself, to exile prince Rama for 14...
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    former's own orders (upon the wishes of the latter's step-mother, queen Kaikeyi). Local tradition holds that the place where Shravana died was named 'Sarvan'...
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    April 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2020. "Shilpa Saklani is television's new Kaikeyi; the actress will essay the role in Shrimad Ramayan". Retrieved 23 October...
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    Kausalya, Kaikeyi, and Sumitra. Shatrughan and his elder brother Lakshmana were born to Sumitra, while Rama and Bharata were born to Kausalya and Kaikeyi. In...
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    Sumitra (i.e., literally 'half of that which remained'), an eighth to Kaikeyi (i.e., again, 'half of that which remained'), and then, upon reflection...
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  • the king of Ayodhya upon his father's retirement, but his stepmother, Kaikeyi, under the influence of her maid Manthara, desires that her son, Bharata...
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  • with the TV serial Kahani Chandrakanta Ki. She also played the role of Kaikeyi in the Zee TV show Ramayan. She is the only child with doting parents and...
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    exiled by his father, Dasharatha, under the urging of his step-mother Kaikeyi, accompanied by his wife Sita and half-brother Lakshmana for 14 years....
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    temples of Ayodhya. It is believed that this palace (temple) was gifted by Kaikeyi, immediately after the marriage of Rama with Sita and hence, it is their...
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    Kausalya in the city of Ayodhya. King Dasharatha had three wives - Kausalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra, but remained sonless for many years. Desperate for an heir...
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  • Kaikeyi about Dasharath's promise to Ashwapati and feeds that Dasharath is conspiring against her. Kaikeyi decides to stop Ram's coronation. Kaikeyi reminds...
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    three queens; Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra. Rama was from Kaushalya, Lakshmana from Sumitra, Bharata and Satrughna from Kaikeyi. Sita is said to be daughter...
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  • her role in the film Saudagar with Amitabh Bachchan and also as Queen Kaikeyi in Ramanand Sagar's epic series Ramayan (1987–88). She has appeared in...
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  • Kaikeyi is a 1983 Indian Malayalam language film, directed by I. V. Sasi and produced by Hari Pothan. The film stars Srividya, Prathap Pothen, Poornima...
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    entering the city amid great fanfare. While Rama and his brothers were away, Kaikeyi, the mother of Bharata and the third wife of King Dasharatha, reminds the...
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  • father's favorite wife Queen Kaikeyi pressures Dasaratha to fulfill the latter's promise to grant her two wishes. Kaikeyi wishes for her son, Bharata,...
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    returns victorious from a war. His three queens - Kaushalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi welcome him happily. Yet they were unhappy of not having an heir to the...
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  • make Rama as his successor. Kaikeyi agrees that as the eldest son, Rama deserves the throne. However, Manthara tells Kaikeyi that if Rama is crowned king...
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    "First Pics From Ranbir Kapoor's Ramayan Set Are Going Viral: Lara Dutta As Kaikeyi, Arun Govil As Dashrath And More". Mashable India. Retrieved 5 April 2024...
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    or 'the princess of Kekeya'. The Bhagavata Purana gives her the epithet Kaikeyi, the princess of the Kaikeya kingdom. She was the daughter of King Dhrishtaketu...
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    Sumitra (i.e., literally 'half of that which remained'), an eighth to Kaikeyi (i.e., again, 'half of that which remained'), and then, upon reflection...
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