Kusha

Indian mythology · prince · the next generation

Twin of Lava, raised by Valmiki, taught to sing his father's story before his father's court. The two boys' recital reveals their identity and brings the exiled Sita's story to its end.

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Lava, Kusha, and the Song of Rama

Banished on a rumor while carrying the king's children, Sita raises twin sons in Valmiki's hermitage. Years later two boys sing a long poem before the court of Ayodhya: the Ramayana itself, learned from its author. Rama recognizes his sons in his own story; Sita, asked to prove herself once more, returns instead to the earth that bore her.