For centuries, devotees have known Mata Sita as the divine daughter of Mother Earth, discovered by King Janak while ploughing the fields. But what if another hidden version of the Ramayana tells a completely different story? A story where Sita was not found accidentally but secretly abandoned. According to some lesser-known Ramayana traditions like the Adbhuta Ramayana and certain Jain Ramayanas, Mata Sita was actually born to Ravana and Mandodari. And fearing a terrible prophecy about his own destruction, Ravana supposedly abandoned the child far away from Lanka. This forgotten tale still shocks many people today.
