King Janaka of Mithila will give his daughter Sita only to the man who can lift and string the great bow of Shiva. Kings and warriors cannot even move it, but Rama lifts it with ease and it breaks in his hands. Rama and Sita are married, and his three brothers marry in Mithila too.
How to play: Click when the power meter reaches the golden zone to lift the bow.
Ramayana Part 1 (2026) covers the bow of Shiva and Sita's swayamvara. In Nitesh Tiwari's film Ranbir Kapoor plays Rama and Sai Pallavi plays Sita.
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It is the contest King Janaka set for Sita's marriage in Mithila. Only the man who could string Shiva's bow could marry her. Rama lifted it and it broke.
The gods gave Shiva's bow to Devarata, an ancestor of King Janaka. It stayed in Mithila as a family treasure that no one could lift.