Hanuman burning Lanka from Sita Sings the Blues. source: Wikimedia
Sita Sings the Blues, by Nina Paley
Rama is informed by Sita that she is pregnant with his child. Rama becomes worried that Sita being in his house is tarnishing his reputation and his subjects won't respect him because of her so he kicks her out. She is taken to the forest and is supposed to be left there. She meets a teacher there who takes her under his wing. Sita gives birth to her two sons while living in the forest with the teacher. The teacher teaches the boys songs praising Rama. When visiting the forest one day Rama finds the two boys singing his praise. He finds out who they are wants to bring them back to the palace with him. He asks Sita to prove her purity to him again to take her back. She asks to be taken back by mother earth if she is pure, which she is.
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