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Rama Liberating Ahalya from Her Stony Curse with the Dust of His Feet

🕉️ Hindu MythologyAhalya Sthan, Darbhanga, Bihar, IndiaRama • Ahalya • Gautama Maharishi

This myth tells the story of Ahalya, the most beautiful woman created by Brahma, who was cursed to become a stone by her husband, Sage Gautama, after being deceived by the god Indra. For ages, she remained in a state of penance in the forest of Mithila, waiting for a prophesied moment of redemption. When Lord Rama, the seventh avatar of Vishnu, passed through the ashram and touched the stone...