Confessions Of Urmila 03 - An Inheritance

When Sita turned seventeen as advised by the priests the king decided to conduct her marriage by swayamvaram. Swayamvaram is the ceremony organised by the king to select a groom of her choice for a princess from among the princes invited. The king had inherited Tryambakam, a bow said to be gifted by Lord Pinaki which no one was able to string let alone use it to shoot an arrow. He put a condition for Sita's swayamvaram: only a prince who strings the bow and shoots a dart from it shall be given her hand in marriage. To me, it seemed an onerous task but I waited eagerly for the day, and hoped, for Sita's sake, that Ram comes and wins the contest.