Wikipedia Trail: From Ramayana to Shesha

The first Wikipedia article I decided to focus on was the "Ramayana". This week we began reading the Ramayana and I thought it was appropriate to have this be my starting topic. The Ramayana has so much information and it could take me various places throughout the world of Wikipedia.

Then, I went to Rama. The Ramayana is about Rama. Rama is one of the avatars of Vishnu. Rama has much strength and intelligence. It is interesting getting to learn about Rama and I am excited to learn more about Rama as I continue reading through the book.

After I viewed Rama, I decided to click on his brother Lakshmana. I am interested in Lakshmana because he seems like he wants to put up a fight sometimes, but he also has wisdom in certain parts of the Ramayana. For example, when he did not want to leave Sita, his hunch was right, but Sita thought Rama was in danger. I would like to hopefully hear more about Lakshmana throughout the Indian epic.

Lastly, from Lakshmana I went and clicked on Shesha. I wanted to know more about Shesha because within the Ramayana, it made a reference to Lakshmana being an avatar of Shesha. I wanted to see what Shesha looked like since it was described as having multiple heads.
                                                                   
This is a picture of Shesha with its multiple heads. Source: Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shesha

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  1. Jack WoodFebruary 7, 2019 at 4:06 PM

    Of course from reading the Ramayana these past two weeks, and finishing it yesterday, I have a pretty good grasp on what it's about. So starting there wasn't a big revelation. But after skimming Rama's page for a little bit I had no idea that he was the seventh avatar of Vishnu. I wonder if the other avatars did anything special enough to have an entire epic named for them.... Seeing that Lakshmana was also the avatar of Shesha was interesting because I knew that he was an avatar, but didn't know who for.

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