Because of this, she is often depicted in Indian art as very conventionally attractive, with beautiful facial features and a voluptuous figure. Sita appears as an incarnation of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, good fortune, prosperity, and beauty. “Janaka brings her into existence when she springs from the furrow he is ploughing as part of a spring fertility ritual…”. Though her mother was Bhu Devi, the earth herself, she was brought up by the childless King Janaka of Mithila as his adopted daughter. “Sîtâ was born from the earth when it was ploughed”. Sita’s origin and appearance have greatly influenced her story.
However, contemporary Hinduism frowns upon this original depiction of Sita, expressing a modernization of the religion and representing more contemporary values. She significantly set the bar for Hindu women. She played the role of a perfect wife, loving and serving only her husband. Her epic, the Ramayana, was primarily about her husband, Rama. Sita Devi established gender norms and made an impact on Hindu women and feminists alike.
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