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About Sundara Kantam Sundara Kantam, in the great epic of "Ramayan", is a very important portion which describes the effort taken by 'Anjaneya' (Hanuman) who befriended with Sri Rama during his expedition in serch of his wife Sita, who was kidnapped by Rakshasa (Demon) King, 'Ravana'. When Rama and brother Lakshmana reched 'Kishkindha', the abode of monkey chief,'Sugreeva', during their elaborate search for beautiful princess 'Sita', Hanuman happened to meet them, and he easily befriended with Rama. When he knew about their mission, he took them to his chief, 'Sugreeva'. There they entered into a contract to help each other! Sugreeva would help Rama to find out Sita, if the latter would help him to kill 'Bali', arch rival of Sugreeva,(In spite of being his own elder brother!). There is a story behind the riverry between Bali and sugreeva, which is not very important right now. However Rama agreed to kill 'Bali', as wished by Sugreeva, and the latter, in turn promised to do every thing needed to find out 'Sita'. As promised, Rama killed Bali, during a dual fight between the brothers, and Sugreeva started his eforts to search for Sita. For this purpose he sent one lakh monkeys under his control in various directions, to search for Sita. One big battallion of monkeys under the captaincy of Hanuman reached the Southern tip of Indian sub-continent, and knew that Sita was at Lanka, an island-Kingdom in the Indian Ocean, ruled by Ravana, the demon King. (It is here that the Sundara Kantom starts) The sea passage between the southern tip of India, and Lanka is about a hundred 'Yojanas' wide, and the only monkey, capable of crossing the ocean was, no doubt Hanuman. So he prepares himself for 'great Jump' and with closed palms, and thinking of "Lord Rama" withe intense devotion, leaps forward to cross the hundred Mile wide Ocean-patch. (Here the Sundara Kantam starts and the rest of the story starts in the Chapter no 1)