Reading Notes: Ramayana Online Part B (Catching up)

• Bharata doesn't want the throne
• He gets home, finds out his father Dasharatha is dead and his brother Rama has been exiled...sad day
• His mother proudly tells him that she secured him the throne
• But he doesn't want it and vows to get Rama back and never sit on the throne himself
• Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (link)
• Bharata and Rama
• They meet in the jungle of Chitrakuta; clearly there are no hard feelings because they hug and cry for their dead father
• Bharata tells Rama that he is passing on the kingship (the raj) to him, but Rama insists that their father gave it to B and therefore he cannot take it
• B tries to trade Rama and stay in the jungle for 14 years so Rama can return to Ayodhya and be king, but Rama won't
• Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (link)
• Battle with Khara
• Rama had driven back Khara once before, but Khara is back for revenge
• The world was freaking out too, with animals screaming, a blood-red sky, and an eclipse
• Rama sends Lakshmana and Sita to a secret cave in the mountains to hide and be safe so he can battle the demons alone
• Rama geared up with his glowing armor, celestial bow, and many arrows
• The rakshasas were afraid to attack him but Khara pushed through 
• Nonetheless, Rama and his flaming arrows killed countless rakshasas, then Kahara's brother Dushana, then Khara himself
• Sita comes back from the cave and kisses her husband
• Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie ( (link)

Bharata Asks for Rama's Sandals (Wikipedia, link)