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	\| birth_place = [[Bithoor#Notable landmarks\|Valmiki Ashram]], [[Bithoor\|Brahmavart]], [[Kosala]] (present-day [[Bithoor]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])		\| birth_place = [[Bithoor#Notable landmarks\|Valmiki Ashram]], [[Bithoor\|Brahmavart]], [[Kosala]] (present-day [[Bithoor]], [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])
	\| siblings = [[Lava (Ramayana)\|Lava]]		\| siblings = [[Lava (Ramayana)\|Lava (Younger brother)]]
	\| children =[[Maharaja Atithi\|Atithi]] ,		\| children =[[Maharaja Atithi\|Atithi]] ,
	Kanakamalika (who married to Mahabhoja a Yadava King)		Kanakamalika (who married to Mahabhoja a Yadava King)
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	[[File: The Poet Valmiki, teaching Ramayana to Kusa and Lava.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|The Sage Valmiki, teaching Ramayana to Kusa and Lava]]		[[File: The Poet Valmiki, teaching Ramayana to Kusa and Lava.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|The Sage Valmiki, teaching Ramayana to Kusa and Lava]]

	The first chapter of Ramayana, ''[[Balakanda]]'' mentioned Valmiki narrating the Ramayana to his disciples' Lava and Kusha. But their birth and childhood story is mentioned in the last chapter ''Uttara Kanda'' which is not believed to be the original work of Valmiki.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-04-26\|title=Uttara site=BooksFact - Ancient Knowledge & Wisdom\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Rao\|first1=T. S. Sha ma\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRnDAgAAQBAJ&q=Lava+kusha\|title=Lava Kusha\|last2=Litent\|date=2014-01-01\|publisher=Litent\|language=en}}</ref> According to the legend, a pregnant queen [[Sita]] leaves the kingdom of [[Ayodhya]] when she ~~comes to know~~ that [[Rama\|Ram]] was anxious when he heard a washerman of [[Ayodhya]] questioning Sita's purity. She then took refuge in the [[ashram]] of the sage [[Valmiki]] located on the banks of the [[Tamsa River]].<ref>{{cite book\|title= Historic Rama of Valmiki\|author=Vishvanath Limaye\|publisher=Gyan Ganga Prakashan\|year=1984}}</ref> Sita gave birth to twin sons, Lava, and Kusha, at the ashram and were educated and trained in military skills under the tutelage of Sage Valmiki. They also learned the story of Rama.		The first chapter of Ramayana, ''[[Balakanda]]'' mentioned Valmiki narrating the Ramayana to his disciples' Lava and Kusha. But their birth and childhood story is mentioned in the last chapter ''Uttara Kanda'' which is not believed to be the original work of Valmiki.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-04-26\|title=Uttara site=BooksFact - Ancient Knowledge & Wisdom\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Rao\|first1=T. S. Sha ma\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRnDAgAAQBAJ&q=Lava+kusha\|title=Lava Kusha\|last2=Litent\|date=2014-01-01\|publisher=Litent\|language=en}}</ref> According to the legend, a pregnant queen [[Sita]] leaves the kingdom of [[Ayodhya]] when she learns that [[Rama\|Ram]] was anxious when he heard a washerman of [[Ayodhya]] questioning Sita's purity. She then took refuge in the [[ashram]] of the sage [[Valmiki]] located on the banks of the [[Tamsa River]].<ref>{{cite book\|title= Historic Rama of Valmiki\|author=Vishvanath Limaye\|publisher=Gyan Ganga Prakashan\|year=1984}}</ref> Sita gave birth to twin sons, Lava, and Kusha, at the ashram and were educated and trained in military skills under the tutelage of Sage Valmiki. They also learned the story of Rama.

	==Ashwamedha Yagya==		==Ashwamedha Yagya==
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	Lava and Kusha became rulers after their father Rama founded the cities of [[Lavapuri]] (currently identified as modern day "Lahore") and [[Kusasthali]] (currently identified as modern day "Titilagarh") respectively.		Lava and Kusha became rulers after their father Rama founded the cities of [[Lavapuri]] (currently identified as modern day [[Lahore]]) and [[Kusasthali]] (currently identified as modern day [[Titilagarh]]), respectively.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Nadiem\|first=Ihsan H.\|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=pyFuAAAAMAAJ&q=Kasur+Kusha&dq=Kasur+Kusha&redir_esc=y\|title=Punjab: Land, History, People\|date=2005\|publisher=Al-Faisal Nashran\|isbn=978-969-503-434-7\|language=en}}</ref>

	Cantos sixteen to nineteen of the Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa describes the exploits of Rama's progeny. The manifestation of a Goddess appears before Kusha, declaring to be the [[Tutelary deity]] of the ancient capital of [[Ayodhya (Ramayana)\|Ayodhya]]. She described the condition of the deserted city, which had been abandoned and ruined since the departure of King Ram. Kusha sets forth with his whole army to restore the city to its former splendor.		Cantos sixteen to nineteen of the Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa describes the exploits of Rama's progeny. The manifestation of a Goddess appears before Kusha, declaring to be the [[Tutelary deity]] of the ancient capital of [[Ayodhya (Ramayana)\|Ayodhya]]. She described the condition of the deserted city, which had been abandoned and ruined since the departure of King Ram. Kusha sets forth with his whole army to restore the city to its former splendor.

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{{Short description|Son of Rama and Sita}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox deity 
| type = Hindu
| image = Kusa, one of Rāma’s sons..jpg
| caption = Kusha, one of the twin sons of [[Rama]] and [[Sita]].
| name = Kusha
| Devanagari = कुश
| father = [[Rama]]
| mother = [[Sita]]
| birth_place = [[Bithoor#Notable landmarks|Valmiki Ashram]], [[Bithoor|Brahmavart]], [[Kosala]] (present-day [[Bithoor]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])
| siblings = [[Lava (Ramayana)|Lava]]
| children =[[Maharaja Atithi|Atithi]] ,
Kanakamalika (who married to Mahabhoja a Yadava King)
| dynasty = [[Raghuvanshi]]-[[Ikshvaku dynasty|Ikshvaku]]-[[Suryavansha|Suryavanshi]]
| texts = ''[[Ramayana]]'' and [[Versions of Ramayana|its other versions]]
| consort = Kumudvatī
}}
'''Kusha''' or '''Kusa''' or '''Kush''' ([[Sanskrit]]: कुश) and his twin brother [[Lava (Ramayana)|Lava]] were the children of [[Rama]] and [[Sita]]. Their story is recounted in the Hindu epic, ''[[Ramayana]]'' and [[Versions of Ramayana|its other versions]]. Hindu traditions claim he ruled the entire region of Kashmir, Indus River and Hindu Kush as frontier lands of India known as Hindu Kush Kshetra and founded the city of Kashmir in the valley and Kasur with Lavapuri of Lava(his twin brother) in base lands,<ref>{{cite book | last = Nadiem | first = Ihsan N | title = Kasur ancient name | work = Punjab, Pg.111 | year = 2005 | isbn = 9789695034347 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pyFuAAAAMAAJ }}</ref> though local lore contends Kasur was founded in 1525 by [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] migrants.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZifwYm8MT0C&q=kasur+arabic+punjab|title=Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab|last=Chopra|first=Gulshan Lall|date=1940|publisher=Government Printing|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xoJICgAAQBAJ&q=kasur+arabic&pg=PT77|title=Beyond The Border: An Indian in Pakistan|last=Sikand|first=Yoginder|date=2011-07-19|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=9789352141326|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pyFuAAAAMAAJ&q=kasur+pashtun|title=Punjab: land, history, people|last=Nadiem|first=Ihsan H.|date=2005|publisher=al-Faisal Nashran|isbn=9789695032831|language=en}}</ref> His brother Lava is traditionally believed to have founded ''Lavapuri'' (present-day city of [[Lahore]]).

==Birth and childhood==
[[File: Valmiki train Lava Kushas in Art of Archery.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Valmiki train Lava Kusha in Art of Archery]]
[[File: The Poet Valmiki, teaching Ramayana to Kusa and Lava.jpg|thumb|250px|The Sage Valmiki, teaching Ramayana to Kusa and Lava]]

The first chapter of Ramayana, ''[[Balakanda]]'' mentioned Valmiki narrating the Ramayana to his disciples' Lava and Kusha. But their birth and childhood story is mentioned in the last chapter ''Uttara Kanda'' which is not believed to be the original work of Valmiki.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-26|title=Uttara site=BooksFact - Ancient Knowledge & Wisdom|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Rao|first1=T. S. Sha ma|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRnDAgAAQBAJ&q=Lava+kusha|title=Lava Kusha|last2=Litent|date=2014-01-01|publisher=Litent|language=en}}</ref> According to the legend, a pregnant queen [[Sita]] leaves the kingdom of [[Ayodhya]] when she comes to know that [[Rama|Ram]] was anxious when he heard a washerman of [[Ayodhya]] questioning Sita's purity. She then took refuge in the [[ashram]] of the sage [[Valmiki]] located on the banks of the [[Tamsa River]].<ref>{{cite book|title= Historic Rama of Valmiki|author=Vishvanath Limaye|publisher=Gyan Ganga Prakashan|year=1984}}</ref> Sita gave birth to twin sons, Lava, and Kusha, at the ashram and were educated and trained in military skills under the tutelage of Sage Valmiki. They also learned the story of Rama.

==Ashwamedha Yagya==

During an [[Ashvamedha|Ashvamedha Yagya]] held by [[Rama]], the sage [[Valmiki]], along with Lava and Kusha, attended with [[Sita]] in disguise.

Lava and Kusha chanted the ''[[Ramayana]]'' in the presence of Rama and a vast audience. When Lava and Kusha recited about Sita's exile, Rama became grief-stricken and Valmiki produced Sita. Sita, struck with embarrassment and grief, called upon the earth, her mother ([[Bhūmi]]), to receive her and as the ground opened, she vanished into it. Rama then learned that Lava and Kusha were his children.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Rao|first1=T. S. Sha ma|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRnDAgAAQBAJ&q=kusha+sings+ramayana&pg=PP3|title=Lava Kusha|last2=Litent|date=2014-01-01|publisher=Litent|language=en}}</ref>

In some versions, Lava and Kusha capture the horse of the sacrifice and defeat Rama's brothers and their army and when Rama came to fight with them, Maharishi Valmiki intervened and then Sita discloses to their sons that their father is Lord Rama and Valmiki told the children that through a song they have to recite the story of holy Ramayana to the people of Ayodhya that how Sita sacrifices even Gold Lanka (Ravana Mahal) to wash away the spoilt image of Sita from Ayodhya people.

==Later history==
{{unreferenced section|date=May 2020}}
Lava and Kusha became rulers after their father Rama founded the cities of [[Lavapuri]] (currently identified as modern day "Lahore") and [[Kusasthali]] (currently identified as modern day "Titilagarh") respectively.

Cantos sixteen to nineteen of the Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa describes the exploits of Rama's progeny. The manifestation of a Goddess appears before Kusha, declaring to be the [[Tutelary deity]] of the ancient capital of [[Ayodhya (Ramayana)|Ayodhya]]. She described the condition of the deserted city, which had been abandoned and ruined since the departure of King Ram. Kusha sets forth with his whole army to restore the city to its former splendor.

Cantos sixteen describes Kushas marriage with the [[Nāga|Naga]] Queen Kumudvatī. While residing in Ayodhya in the summer, Kusha goes to the [[Sarayu]] to bathe with the ladies of the court. While sporting in the river, he loses a great gem bestowed to him by his father. In anger, Kusha threatens to shoot an arrow into the river, whereupon the river parted revealing Kumudvatī.

Cantos seventeen describes the final years of Kusha. Kusha and [[Kumudvati]] have a son named Atithi, who becomes heir to the kingdom. Kusha engages in a battle with a demon and gives his life in the process of slaying his adversary. Cantos eighteen and nineteen describe the 21 Kings that succeeded Atithi.

[[Kushavati]] was a city in [[Kosala Kingdom]] as related in the epic [[Ramayana]]. The king of [[Kosala]], [[Rama]], installed his son Lava at [[Sravasti]] and Kusha at [[Kushavati]].

==References==

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