Promila: The Woman Who Loved Deeply
Image: Promila and Her Army on their way to Lanka and Indrajit
Promila is the daughter of a Danah Maharajah and is the same race as Ravana. She is beautiful, gentle. and fair. She married Indrajit, the eldest son of King Ravana. They in deep love with each other. She loved Indrajit with all her heart and soul and he returned every part of her love back. They
lived their lives for one another, basically in the honeymoon stage and were so happy and content that they had no idea about the wars and were happing around them. Their love for one another was unmatched. When Ravana kidnapped Sita, this instigated a war against Rama. One day, the peaceful lives of the lovers were interrupted as a messenger came and told Indrajit that all his brothers had been killed by Rama in battle. For, his devotion to his family he decides to avenge his brothers and sets his journey to fight Rama he tells this to Promila and tells her he will return that night and for her to wait for him. However, Indrajit does not return that night as he promised. As Promila, begins to wait more and more she worries increase and finally, she can no longer stay put. She misses her lover and gathers a small army and leads them to Lanka and to find her husband.
On her way to Lanka, she came across the camp of Rama with his army. However, she could not avoid them in order to get across she needed to pass them. Rama, awestruck by her bravery and devotion to her husband because he admired her he let her pass without a fight. And as she passed them all of Rama's army looked at her with respect and admiration. Finally, Promila found Indrajit and the lovers were reunited. The next day she helped him get ready for battle and as he was praying, Lakshmana accompanied by Ravana's brother, Bibhisan grew closer to him ready to fight. At first, Indrajit confuses Lakshmana for a god but then realizes who he is, however seeing Bibhisan with him angers him and as he is busy calling out Bibhisan for his betrayal, Lakshmana takes his opportunity and strikes Indrajit and kills him. When Promilia found out of his death, she cried and cried and at the funeral, she went up and kissed him while she sat next to him. Never leaving his side even when flames surrounded him, once again they were together again with not even death splitting them apart.
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