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{{Short description|Son of Vali and Tara}}
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{{redirects|Angad|the Sikh leader|Guru Angad}}
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'''Angada''' ([[Sanskrit]]: अङ्गदः, [[IAST]]: aṅgada, Angad Agrawal limbs/bracelet) is a [[vanara]] who helped [[Rama]] find his wife [[Sita]] and fight her abductor, [[Ravana]], in [[Ramayana]]. He was later crowned as prince of Kishkindha.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who was Angad? What is Angad's role in Ramayana?|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/spiritual/religion/article/who-was-angad-what-is-angads-role-in-ramayana/578108|access-date=2020-08-03|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en}}</ref>''

== Life ==
Angad was a son of the powerful vanara king [[Vali (Ramayana)|Vali]] and his wife [[Tara (Ramayana)|Tara]]. He was the nephew of [[Sugriva]]. After Rama and Sugriva killed his father, Angada joins Rama's forces to rescue Sita from Ravana's captivity.

Angada and Tara are instrumental in reconciling [[Rama]] and his brother, [[Lakshmana]], with [[Sugriva]] after [[Sugriva]] fails to fulfill his promise to help Rama find and rescue his wife. Together they are able to convince Sugriva to honor his pledge to Rama instead of spending his time carousing and drinking.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Narayan|first=R. K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FZTc1xwm8XEC&q=Angada+and+Tara+lakshmana&pg=PT98|title=The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic|date=2006-08-29|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-1-4406-2327-1|language=en}}</ref> Sugriva then arranges for ''vanaras'' to help [[Rama]] and organises the monkey army that will battle Ravana's demonic host. Angada led the particular search party which consisted of [[Hanuman]] and [[Jambavan|Jambavant]] and was able to find [[Sita]], [[Rama|Rama's]] wife.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Subramaniam|first=Neela|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XDvXkEgcXwsC&q=Angada+Hanuman+Jambavan+south&pg=PA72|title=Ramayana for Children|date=2005|publisher=Sura Books|isbn=978-81-7478-489-6|language=en}}</ref>
[[File:The monkey prince Angad is first sent to give diplomacy one last chance.jpg|thumb|180px|Angada in Ravanas's court]]
A legend goes by that no one could move Angada's leg. Just before the war, Rama sent Angada to Ravana's court as peace messenger and give him one last chance to send Sita back to him and stop the war. Angada went to Ravana's court and gave him a last warning but Ravana offered him to join him stating that his father [[Bali (Ramayana)|Vali]], was his friend. Angada however rejected Ravana's advances and said that there was nothing as good as serving Shri Rama and then he made fun of Ravana in front of the entire court. He then challenged them that if anyone could move his leg he on behalf of Shri Rama would take the entire army back and forget about rescuing Mata Sita. Everyone thought it was very easy and took turns to move his leg, but failed to even give it a budge, including [[Indrajit]], the most powerful son of Ravana. Seeing Indrajit defeated, Ravana got up and was about to touch his leg when Angada moved its leg out of the way and Ravana's crown fell off. He took the crown and said, 'O, foolish Ravana, why do you touch my leg, if you want to touch somebody's leg then go and touch the Lord Shri Rama's leg, where you will be forgiven of your sins. ' He then threw the crown and it went straight and landed in Shri Rama's feet and then flew away before Ravana could seize him. Lord Rama was very pleased of Angada.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sah|first=Anusuya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LRzBDwAAQBAJ&q=Angada+legs&pg=PA81|title=Valmiki's Ramayana- The Saga of a Scion Born in Ayodhya|date=2019-11-23|publisher=Blue Rose Publishers|language=en}}</ref>

In the Ramayana war that took place, Angada killed many great warriors from Lanka, including, [[Ravana]]'s son [[Narantaka]] and chief general of [[Ravana]]'s army '''Mahaparshva'''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mittal|first=J. P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b7gOBW8oDFgC&q=Angada+Narantaka&pg=PA200|title=History Of Ancient India (a New Version) : From 7300 Bb To 4250 Bc|date=2006|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0615-4|language=en}}</ref><br>
Angada was married to the eldest daughter of the Vanara Mainda, and had a son, Dhruva.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/angada|title = Angada, Aṅgada: 25 definitions|date = 29 June 2012}}</ref>

== Characterization ==

=== Personality ===

Angada is portrayed as a virtuous character and a brave warrior[[File:Pullamangai Vaalivadham2.jpg|thumb|250px|A miniature panel capturing the scene of Ankathan(Angad) along with other Vanaras lamenting [[Bali (Ramayana)|Bali]]'s death in Pullamangai, Pasupathi Koil, [[Thanjavur]]]]

==References==

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==External links==
*http://mythfolklore.net/india/encyclopedia/angada.htm

{{Ramayana}}

[[Category:Vanara in the Ramayana]]
[[Category:Characters_in_the_Ramayana]]

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