Who Is Angada?
The young prince who leads the southern search
Angada is a young prince of the monkey people in the Ramayana, the son of the monkey king Vali and Queen Tara.
Before Vali died from Rama's arrow, he entrusted his son Angada to Rama and Sugriva. When his uncle Sugriva became king, Angada was named crown prince and put in charge of the search party sent south to find Sita.
But the one-month deadline passed and Sita still had not been found. Afraid of being punished, Angada decided to starve himself to death. Then Sampati appeared with news that gave him hope again, and he watched Hanuman make his great leap. In the later war, Angada also serves as Rama's messenger to Ravana.
Episodes featuring this character2
NEWEpisode 7
Before Sun Wukong, There Was HanumanHanuman Meets Rama (Kishkindha Kanda)
Searching for Sita, Rama and Lakshmana head south. Guided by the demon Kabandha and the old ascetic Shabari, they meet Hanuman, son of the wind god. Before a blazing fire, Rama swears friendship with Sugriva, an exiled prince of the monkey folk. But when Rama looses a single arrow to keep his promise, the dying King Vali makes him face what that arrow truly cost.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 8
The Hero Who Forgot His Own StrengthHanuman's Leap to Lanka (Sundara Kanda)
The deadline to find Sita has passed, and the southern search party sits hopeless on the shore of an endless sea—until Sampati, an old vulture with burned wings, appears. Hanuman has never believed in himself, but Jambavan, elder of the bears, reminds him of the power he was made to forget. With Rama's ring held close, Hanuman clears in a single leap a sea that would take even a bird days to cross.
19 pages