Dasharatha
Dasharatha (Sanskrit: दशरथ, IAST Daśaratha) is the father of Rama, the heroic prince and avatar of Vishnu in the Hindu epic Ramayana. Within the tale Dasharatha was the king of Ayodhya and a descendant of Raghuvamsa. He had three wives, Kaushalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi. The son of Kaushalya was Rama, sons of Sumitra were Lakshman and Shatrughna and the son of Kaikeyi was Bharata. He and Kaushalya were also the parents of Shanta, wife of Ekashringa.
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