Sita

Sita is the heroine of the Ramayana, wife of Rama and an avatar of Lakshmi in the Vaishnava tradition. She is shown as a graceful woman beside Rama and Lakshmana, and is held up as the ideal of steadfast devotion, patience and courage. She is worshipped wherever Rama is, and in Odisha through Rama temples, the Odia Ramayana of Balarama Dasa, and the Ram Navami festival in Chaitra. Her marriage to Rama is retold in plays and recitations.

According to Valmiki's Ramayana, King Janaka of Mithila found Sita in a furrow while ploughing a field for a sacrifice, and raised her as his daughter. The name Sita means furrow. She was married to Rama when he strung and broke the great bow of Shiva in Janaka's court.