History Characters / SmiteHinduPantheon

* ApocalypseHow: True to his role in Hindu mythology, Shiva is apocalypse personified in the lore of ''Smite''. In the Dharmic Era event, he is the final stage of the current world cycle, descending to obliterate the remnants of reality with his dance. Incidentally, he uses the occasion to teach Tiamat a lesson in humility and usher in a new world. In a meta sense, his act of destruction also brings an end to the canon ''Smite'' storyline that was based on the Pantheon Wars comics.

* DanceBattler: In Hindu lore, Shiva is known as Nataraja or the "Lord of the Dance". In ''Smite'', this is reflected by his ultimate, ''Shiva Tandava'', which has him perform his signature dance. It has three selectable dance steps, each of which has a different effect, and players can choose the order in which they are executed to provide powerful buffs or debuffs to the gods around him. [[spoiler: In the Dharmic Era event, he also uses his dancing to literally annihilate the world.]]

* RestartTheWorld: In the Dharmic Era event lore, he does this after destroying the world, creating a new continuity and sending all gods back to their rightful places within it.

* ApocalypseHow: True to his role in Hindu mythology, Shiva is apocalypse personified in the lore of ''Smite''. In the Dharmic Era event, he is the final stage of the current world cycle, descending to obliterate the remnants of reality with his dance. Incidentally, he uses the occasion to teach Tiamat a lesson in humility and usher in a new world. In a meta sense, his act of destruction also brings an end to the canon ''Smite'' storyline that began with the Pantheon Wars comics.

* ApocalypseHow: True to his role in Hindu mythology, Shiva is apocalypse personified in the lore of ''Smite''. In the Dharmic Era event, he is the final stage of the current world cycle, descending to obliterate the remnants of reality with his dance. Incidentally, he uses the occasion to teach Tiamat a lesson in humility and usher in a new and better world. In a meta sense, his act of destruction also brings an end to the canon ''Smite'' storyline that began with the Pantheon Wars comics.

* ProngsOfPoseidon: Shiva wields a trident (or trishula) as his trademark weapon. He [[PlayingWithFire imbues it with the flames of Agni]] while using it to attack in his first ability, ''Emblazoned Sweep''. In one of his voicelines, he even notes how he shares a weapon type with the Trope Codifier.

* FeatherBoaConstrictor: A cobra can be seen coiled around his neck, and it bugs him while he’s meditating in his defeat screen. It's actually Vasuki, the king of the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Nagas]] in Myth/HinduMythology.

* FeatherBoaConstrictor: A cobra can be seen coiled around his neck. It's actually Vasuki, the king of the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Nagas]] in Myth/HinduMythology.

* ProngsOfPoseidon: Shiva wields a trident (or trishula) as his trademark weapon. He [[PlayingWithFire imbues it with the flames of Agni]] while using it to attack in his first ability, ''Emblazoned Sweep''.

* NoSenseOfHumor: Much like Tyr before him, he refuses to joke. Unless he's wearing the Orbital Shooter skin.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: [[https://i.redd.it/m1yc634ks1g81.png As seen here,]] his model is way taller than that of his wife Kali.

* {{Foil}}: To Tiamat. While both deities can create and destroy universes, more emphasis is placed on [[ThePowerOfCreation Creation]] for her and [[DestroyerDeity Destruction]] for him. However, Shiva is not a straight DestroyerDeity; he signifies the ending of all things so that a new universe can be made. In his teaser trailer, he is also calm and wise in contrast to Tiamat's aggressiveness and pride, telling her that the world is not made in her image. Both deities are also [[StanceSystem stance switchers]] with each stance representing creation (Tiamat's flying stance and Shiva's Bliss state) or destruction (Tiamat's ground stance and Shiva's Destruction state). Additionally, their second abilties are [[ShockwaveStomp Shaockwave Stomps]] that knock up enemies, while their third abilties are movement abilities that allow them to dash in both directions. Finally, their ultimates allow them to choose between three different effects to utilize.

* StanceSystem: Downplayed. The developers [[https://youtu.be/6LfsGsyk8a0?t=4734 have referred to Shiva as a "state switcher"]] instead, as he cycles through two states with his passive, ''Bliss'' and ''Destruction'', by dealing damage to enemies. Unlike the case with a true stance switcher, his abilities do not change regardless of his current state. Rather, his three non-ultimate abilities gain very different effects depending on which state he is in, with the ''Bliss'' state letting them buff allies and the ''Destruction'' state making them debuff enemies. When Shiva switches states, these abilities also have their cooldowns reduced by two seconds.

* {{Foil}}: To Tiamat. While both deities can create and destroy universes, more emphasis is placed on [[ThePowerOfCreation Creation]] for her and [[DestroyerDeity Destruction]] for him. However, Shiva is not a straight DestroyerDeity; he signifies the ending of all things so that a new universe can be made. In his teaser trailer, he is also calm and wise in contrast to Tiamat's aggressiveness and pride, telling her that the world is not made in her image.

* StanceSystem: Unlike other stance switchers in the game, Shiva cycles between his ''Bliss'' and ''Destruction'' stances by dealing damage to enemies. His three non-ultimate abilities gain very different effects depending on which stance he is in, with the ''Bliss'' stance letting them buff allies and the ''Destruction'' stance making them debuff enemies. When Shiva switches stances, these abilities also have their cooldowns reduced by 2 seconds.
* TechnicolorFire: The flame he holds in his off-hand changes color to indicate what stance he is in (blue for ''Bliss'', red for ''Destruction'').

* ApocalypseHow: True to his role in Hindu mythology, Shiva is this personified in the lore of ''Smite''. In the Dharmic Era event, he is the final stage of the current world cycle, descending to obliterate the remnants of reality with his dance. Incidentally, he uses this opportunity to teach Tiamat a lesson in humility and usher in a new and better world. In a meta sense, his act of destruction also brings an end to the canon ''Smite'' storyline that began with the Pantheon Wars comics.

* BrokenStreak: Shiva is the first god introduced to not have an ability that slows enemies since Achilles, who was added to the game four years ago. Up to that point, the tendency to add slows to a new gods kit was so prevalent that it became an in-joke among the developers and fans.

* {{Foil}}: To Tiamat. While both deities can create and destroy universes, more emphasis is placed on [[ThePowerOfCreation Creation]] for the former and [[DestroyerDeity Destruction]] for the latter. However, Shiva is not a straight DestroyerDeity, rather he signifies the ending of all things so that a new universe can be made. In his teaser trailer, he is also calm and wise in contrast to Tiamat's aggressiveness and pride, telling her that the world is not made in her image.

* PowerFloats: As a cosmic deity representing universal destruction, Shiva floats in the air during his introduction trailer.

* {{Foil}}: To Tiamat. While she represents [[ThePowerOfCreation Creation]], he represents [[DestroyerDeity Destruction]]—the ending of all things so that a new universe can be made. In his teaser trailer, he is also calm and wise in contrast to Tiamat's aggressiveness and pride, telling her that the world is not made in her image.

* MythologyGag: Literally every aspect of Shiva's appearance and kit in ''Smite'' is based on his attributes from Hindu religion. To take a few examples: his ultimate ''Shiva Tandava'' is named after the very dance he uses to destroy the universe at the end of each cosmic cycle, and his ''Pillar of Dawn'' ability references a story in which he manifested as an infinite pillar of fire to demonstrate his superior power to Brahma and Vishnu. His two stances reflect his central aspect as a deity who encompasses opposites, including creation and destruction. The pose he uses in his default card art is also directly based on [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/WLANL_-_Pachango_-_Tropenmuseum_-_Shiva_Nataraja.jpg traditional statues of him as the "Lord of the Dance".]]

-> '''Voiced by:''' Harish Bihimani

* MythologyGag: Literally every aspect of Shiva's appearance and kit in SMITE is based on his attributes from Hindu religion. To take a few examples: his ultimate ''Shiva Tandava'' is named after the very dance he uses to destroy the universe at the end of each cosmic cycle, and his ''Pillar of Dawn'' ability references a story in which he manifested as an infinite pillar of fire to demonstrate his superior power to Brahma and Vishnu. His two stances reflect his central aspect as a deity who encompasses opposites, including creation and destruction. The pose he uses in his default card art is also directly based on [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/WLANL_-_Pachango_-_Tropenmuseum_-_Shiva_Nataraja.jpg traditional statues of him as the "Lord of the Dance".]]

As a Warrior, Shiva descends onto the battlefield to bring destruction and recreation in his wake, alternating between supporting his allies and obliterating his foes. His passive is ''Samsara'', which has him switch between ''Bliss'' and ''Destruction'' states by dealing damage to enemies, with his abilities gaining additional effects depending on the state he is in. ''Bliss'' abilities buff his allies while ''Destruction'' abilities debuff enemies. In addition, Shiva passively buffs ally HP and MP regen while in ''Bliss'' and debuffs enemy regen while in ''Destruction'', while also reducing the cooldown of his basic abilities when he switches states. His first ability is the ''Emblazoned Sweep'' where he empowers his trident with flame and spins around it, damaging and pulling in enemies while leaving a burning wall at the edge that increases ally movement speed while in ''Bliss'' or reduces enemy protections while in ''Destruction''. His second ability, ''Damaru's Tempo'', has him send out a cone of energy that damages enemies it passes through as well as knocks up enemies in a target area. ''Bliss'' gives an attack speed boost to allies hit by the energy wave while ''Destruction'' reduces the attack speed of enemies hit. ''Pillar of Dawn'', his third ability, has him dash into a pillar of fire, mediate in it for a few seconds, then dash again. While meditating, he takes reduced damage, negates enemy CC, and radiates an aura that will allow allies inside it to negate a single basic attack (3 attacks for Shiva) while in ''Bliss'' or damage enemies while in ''Destruction''. Finally, his ultimate has him perform the ''Shiva Tandava'', a dance that grants him CC immunity and damage reduction that consists of 4 steps with 3 selectable effects: A step that damages enemies and removes a fixed percentage of enemy shields, a step that restores the health and mana of allies, and a step that damages and heals (at half the effectiveness of the previous steps) as well as increasing the radius and power of the next step used.

* ApocalypseHow: True to his role in Hindu mythology, Shiva is this personified in the lore of SMITE. In the Dharmic Era event, he is the final stage of the current world cycle, descending to obliterate the remnants of reality with his dance. Incidentally, he uses this opportunity to teach Tiamat a lesson in humility and usher in a new and better world. In a meta sense, his act of destruction also brings an end to the canon SMITE storyline that began with the Pantheon Wars comics.

* DanceBattler: In Hindu lore Shiva is known as Nataraja or “Lord of the Dance.” In SMITE this is reflected by his ultimate, ''Shiva Tandava'', which has him perform his signature dance. It has three selectable dance steps, each of which has a different effect, and players can choose the order in which they are executed to provide powerful buffs or debuffs to the gods around him. [[spoiler: In the Dharmic Era event, he also uses his dancing to literally annihilate the world.]]

* FeatherBoaConstrictor: A cobra can be seen coiled around his neck. It’s actually Vasuki, the king of the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Nagas]] in Myth/HinduMythology.

* MythologyGag: Literally every aspect of Shiva’s appearance and kit in SMITE is based on his attributes from Hindu religion. To take a few examples: his ultimate ''Shiva Tandava'' is named after the very dance he uses to destroy the universe at the end of each cosmic cycle, and his ''Pillar of Dawn'' ability references a story in which he manifested as an infinite pillar of fire to demonstrate his superior power to Brahma and Vishnu. His two stances reflect his central aspect as a deity who encompasses opposites, including creation and destruction. The pose he uses in his default card art is also directly based on [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/WLANL_-_Pachango_-_Tropenmuseum_-_Shiva_Nataraja.jpg traditional statues of him as “Lord of the Dance.”]]

* TechnicolorFire: The flame he holds in his off hand changes color to indicate what stance he is in (blue for ''Bliss'', red for ''Destruction'').

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: {{Downplayed}}; the streak of blue in Shiva’s hair represents the sacred River Ganges. In one Hindu story he offered to help break the Ganges’ descent from heaven by catching her in his locks, and she has formed a part of his iconography since.

* ApocalypseHow: True to his role in Hindu mythology, Shiva is this personified in the lore of SMITE. In the Dharmic Era event, he is the final stage of the current world cycle, descending to obliterate the remnants of reality with his dance. Incidentally, he uses this opportunity to teach Tiamat a lesson in humility and usher in a new and better world (and in a meta sense, his act of destruction brings an end to the canon SMITE storyline that began with the Pantheon Wars comics).

* ApocalypseHow: True to his role in Hindu mythology, Shiva is this personified in the lore of SMITE. In the Dharmic Era event, he is the final stage of the current world cycle’s end, descending to obliterate the remnants of reality with his dance. Incidentally, he uses this opportunity to teach Tiamat a lesson in humility and usher in a new and better world (and in a meta sense, his act of destruction brings an end to the canon SMITE storyline that began with the Pantheon Wars comics).

* FeatherBoaConstrictor: A cobra can be seen coiled around his neck.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: {{Downplayed}}; the streak of blue in Shiva’s hair represents the sacred River Ganges. In one Hindu story he offered to help break the Ganges’ descent from heaven by catching her in his matted locks, and she has formed a part of his iconography since.

* MythologyGag: Literally every aspect of Shiva’s appearance and kit in SMITE is based on his attributes from Hindu religion. To take a few examples: his ultimate ''Shiva Tandava'' is named after the very dance he uses to destroy the universe at the end of each cosmic cycle, and his ''Pillar of Dawn'' ability references a story in which he manifested as an infinite pillar of fire to demonstrate his superior power to Brahma and Vishnu. His two stances reflect his central aspect of being a deity who encompasses opposites, including creation and destruction. The pose he uses in his default card art is also directly based on [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/WLANL_-_Pachango_-_Tropenmuseum_-_Shiva_Nataraja.jpg traditional statues of him as “Lord of the Dance.”]]

* MythologyGag: Literally every aspect of Shiva’s appearance and kit in SMITE is based on his attributes from Hindu religion. To take a few examples: his ultimate ''Shiva Tandava'' is named after the very dance he uses to destroy the universe at the end of each cosmic cycle, and his ''Pillar of Dawn'' ability references a story in which he manifested as an infinite pillar of fire to demonstrate his superior power to Brahma and Vishnu. His two stances also reflect his central aspect of being a deity who encompasses opposites, including creation and destruction.

* MythologyGag: Literally every aspect of Shiva’s appearance and kit in SMITE is based on his attributes from Hindu religion. To take a few examples: his ultimate ''Shiva Tandava'' is named after the very dance he uses to destroy the universe at the end of each cosmic cycle, and his ''Pillar of Dawn'' ability references a story in which he manifested as an infinite pillar of fire to demonstrate his superior power to Brahma and Vishnu. His two stances also reflect his central aspect of being a deity who encompasses opposites, most notably creation and destruction.

* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Like his wife Kali and his son Ganesha, Shiva has four arms.

* ProngsOfPoseidon: Shiva wields a trident (or trishula) as his trademark weapon.
* StanceSwitcher: Unlike other stance switchers in the game, Shiva cycles between his ''Bliss'' and ''Destruction'' stances by dealing damage to enemies. His three non-ultimate abilities gain very different effects depending on which stance he is in, with the ''Bliss'' stance letting them buff allies and the ''Destruction'' stance making them debuff enemies. When Shiva switches stances, these abilities also have their cooldowns reduced by 2 seconds.

* DanceBattler: In Hindu lore Shiva is known as Nataraja or “Lord of the Dance.” In SMITE this is reflected by his ultimate, ''Shiva Tandava'', where he performs his signature dance. It has three selectable dance steps, each of which has a different effect, and players can choose the order in which they are executed to provide powerful buffs or debuffs to the gods around him. [[spoiler: In the Dharmic Era event, he uses his dancing to literally annihilate the world.]]

* DanceBattler: A short gameplay clip from the 2022 Hirez Presents video shows him performing a dance as one of his abilities. [[spoiler: In the Dharmic Era event, he uses his dancing to literally annihilate the world.]]

As a Warrior, Shiva descends onto the battlefield to bring destruction and recreation in his wake, alternating between supporting his allies and obliterating his foes. His passive is ''Samsara'', which has him switch between ''Bliss'' and ''Destruction'' states by dealing damage to enemies, with his abilities gaining additional effects depending on the state he is in. ''Bliss'' abilities buff his allies while ''Destruction'' abilities debuff enemies. In addition, Shiva passively buffs ally HP and MP regen while in ''Bliss'' and debuffs enemy regen while in ''Destruction'', while also reducing the cooldown of his basic abilities when he switches states. His first ability is the ''Emblazoned Sweep'' which empowers his trident with flame and spins around it, damaging and pulling in enemies while leaving a burning wall at the edge that increases ally movement speed while in ''Bliss'' or reduces enemy protections while in ''Destruction''. His second ability, ''Damaru's Tempo'', has him send out a cone of energy that damages enemies it passes through as well as knocks up enemies in a target area. ''Bliss'' gives an attack speed boost to allies hit by the energy wave while ''Destruction'' reduces the attack speed of enemies hit. ''Pillar of Dawn'', his third ability, has him dash into a pillar of fire, mediate in it for a few seconds, then dash again. While meditating, he takes reduced damage, negates enemy CC, and radiates an aura that will allow allies inside it to negate a single basic attack (3 attacks for Shiva) while in ''Bliss'' or damage enemies while in ''Destruction''. Finally, his ultimate has him perform the ''Shiva Tandava'', a dance that grants him CC immunity and damage reduction that consists of 4 steps with 3 selectable effects: A step that damages enemies and removes a fixed percentage of enemy shields, a step that restores the health and mana of allies, and a step that damages and heals (at half the effectiveness of the previous steps) as well as increasing the radius and power of the next step used.

One of the main deities in Hinduism, Shiva is, alongside being Ganesha's father and (in a sense, due to her being an alternate form of Parvati) Kali's husband, one of the Trimurti, with this consisting of Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the preserver), and Shiva himself (the destroyer), all three gods representing the endless cycle of creation and destruction. He is the first god to be released for Smite's ninth season.

The Demon King Bali was a virtuous King, but he was also proud and ambitious. After taking over the Underworld and Earth, he planned to take Heaven and dispatched the ruler of Heaven, Indra, for a time. Indra sought aid from Vishnu, who then took form of a short-statured monk named Vamana.

When Bali was giving gifts to the pious, Vamana requested as much land as he could cover in three steps. Bali gave him an island, but Vamana insisted, so the Demon King gave it against his advisors' wishes. Suddenly Vamana grew to cosmic proportions, reaching out to even Heaven. On his first step, both Earth and Underworld were engulfed, on his second step, Heaven was consumed. And for the third step, Vamana gave Bali a choice: Return everything in place or offer somewhere else for the third step. This humbled Bali so much that he offered his own head for the third step. Sated, Vamana sent Bali back to the underworld, but rewarded his benevolence and sacrifice when he ruled the realms by giving him sovereignty over the Underworld.

After handing Heaven back to Indra, Vamana vanished as Vishnu considered his job done. But with the Gods battling around, Vamana is once again seen, he may be small, but these mighty and arrogant Gods need to be taught valuable lessons of humility by even the smallest of men.

While washing herself after a celebration, the Goddess of Fertility and Love, Parvati, noticed the dirt and sweat on her body. She made a boy and son out of that, and told him to guard the door until she was done. The son did his job too well—he even refused the entrance of Shiva, Parvati's husband. As a result of this and fearing for Parvati's safety, Shiva beheaded the boy.

Parvati was horrified at the murder and urged Shiva to save the boy. Shiva replaced the child’s head with that of an elephant, known as the wisest creature in the world, and thus the boy was reborn as Ganesha.

Ganesha is in charge of the thing his mother tasked him with: Obstacles. He is generous, warm-hearted and optimistic, but he will not be lenient towards arrogant ones, for he will place various obstacles from financial difficulties, faulty materials or unhappiness to plague their actions. But for the honest and hard-working, Ganesha will remove the obstacles, clearing them for a life of good fortune, bright skies and joyous laughter.

To this day, mortals pray to Ganesha, the remover of obstacles, when they started a new endeavor, so they will be granted success and bright future.

As the battle between Gods erupt, with reluctance, Ganesha had to join the fray since to him, violence is only last resorts. Gods are of a greater threat to existence than mortals, and Ganesha needs to determine who should succeed and who should fail.

Kumbhakarna is the brother of Ravana, but unlike his brother, he was a pious, honest and joyous giant of a man who greatly valued loyalty to his family. If Ravana wasn't a tyrannical demon king, Kumbhakarna might have gone down as a hero in myths.

Impressed with his piety, Brahma decided to grant him a boon. Kumbhakarna wished to take Indra's place as Heaven's ruler. With his position threatened, Indra grew jealous and quickly twisted the boon. Kumbhakarna wanted to say "Indraasana" (Indra's Seat), but his tongue got magically twisted into "Nidraasana", which meant 'to sleep'. And thus, Kumbhakarna entered a deep sleep. As a giant, his snores caused great rumbles to the earth, equal to distant and loud battles or a stampede of elephants...

Or it could be a yawn or roar, since lately Kumbhakarna dozily awakened. Ravana has made a call-to-arms to his fellow demon brothers to aid him in war against Gods, and once again upholding his loyalty to his family, Kumbhakarna joined Ravana's ranks reluctantly.

Bakasura is a terrifying man-eating demon with endless appetite. There was no end to his atrocities towards mankind where he brutally murdered and devoured men for his own satiation. He was last seen in a forest where he terrorized a village where the chief begged that he should stop feasting on the village, and in exchange, every day, they will send him a cart of provisions. Bakasura agreed to that, but he instead consumed not just the provisions, but the carrier as well.

His reign of terror ended when the hero Bhima became the carrier of provisions and ate the provisions right in his face, goading Bakasura to attack him. After a long battle, Bhima slew Bakasura and took his corpse to the village where they celebrated the end of the terror.

Unfortunately, Bakasura is an embodiment of a concept that cannot be destroyed, that of hunger. He reformed his body when Gods around the pantheons battle, this time he's even more ravenous and hungry, wanting to feed on even Gods.

An army of demons in the past ravaged the land and slaughtered the people, even defeating Gods. The supreme goddess Devi then emerged to combat the demons and protect the faithful.

First, she took form of the Mother of Creation, Durga. She fought off the demons with ease until she encountered Raktabija, who was quick to form up an army of clones based on the wounds he got. Furious at this, Durga's rage boiled that another form made an appearance from the forehead... Kali. And with that, she slaughtered Raktabija and all his clones, saving the people from the demons' evil.

Kali afterwards was rarely seen, she is the Goddess of Destruction, but she specializes in the destruction of evil, and right now with Gods fighting everywhere, there's a lot of evil to be destroyed, thus Kali once again walks the Earth.

Ravana was an infamous Demon King from the region of Lanka. He was a peerless leader amongst fiends and monsters, in addition to being a master combatant and a genius scholar. But there was one thing he lacked: Immortality. Ravana sought such strength by devoting himself to the God of Destruction, Shiva. Despite Shiva's constant silence and rejection, Ravana continued his devotion and even went so far as to cut off his own head, which regenerated, but it didn't even move Shiva until Ravana decapitated himself for the tenth time. With that, Shiva granted him a boon that was quite equal with immortality: Invulnerability against anyone whom he saw as a threat, be it Gods or Demons.

With all his preparations ready, Ravana amassed his army to conquer the world, defeating even famous heroes like Hanuman the Monkey King. It seemed like Ravana would be completely unstoppable, but if immortals couldn't harm him, then perhaps mortals could. For that, Vishnu incarnated as Rama and eventually challenged Ravana. Ravana answered in kind, but not after he kidnapped Rama's wife Sita, setting the stage for a rivalry that would shake the world.

After Ravana gained the boon of invulnerability, he was practically invincible as he laid waste to the world, with no Gods or Beasts able to defeat him. Technically, mortals could, but in Ravana's eyes, they would be too puny to even become a threat.

For that, Vishnu took on another human form for the seventh time, this time as the Prince of Ayodhya, Rama.

Being an incarnation of God, Rama is pretty much everything man asked for that they couldn't attain due to flaws. He's strong, humble, handsome, patient, devout and he got all those at the age of 16.

At one point, Rama and his brother Lakshmana, traveled to a neighboring kingdom to aid them against Ravana's demons and freeing their queen from a curse of stone. In its celebration, Rama was invited to string Shiva's bow, if he could do it, he would also win the hand of the princess Sita in marriage. Rama then broke the bow in half, winning the contest and marriage.

He was supposed to go home and became the crown prince, but thanks to the plot of queen Kaikeyi who's jealous at him, Rama ended up framed for a crime and forced into exile.

He stayed at his exile for fourteen years, but around that time, Sita went missing; Ravana took his defense against the kingdom as a challenge so he replied by kidnapping Sita. Rama then stepped out of his exile, to save his wife, defeat Ravana and fulfill his destiny and set mankind to its right path.