Kausalya

She is the daughter of the King Sukaushal and Queen Amritaprabha of Kosala kingdom (Modern day, Chandrakhuri, Chhattisgarh).[1] At their birthplace, there is a temple dedicated to her called the Mata Kaushalya Temple, which is also the only temple in the world dedicated to Kaushalya.

Rama leaving for fourteen years of exile from Ayodhya. Rama, his wife, and brother, dressed in the clothes of bark that Kaikeyi has made them put on, ride off in a chariot driven by Sumantra and surrounded by the towns' people. Dasaratha emerges from his palace and goes through the gate of the city surrounded by his queens. Dasaratha and Kausalya according to hurry after the chariot until Rama, unable to bear the sight, has to tell Sumantra to quicken his pace so that they would be left behind. Queen Kaushalya was the incarnation of Dhara (Brahmani), wife of Dronavasu. She received a boon from Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu says - "I will be born as your son in the "Treta Yuga". In the next birth, Kousalya was born as Devaki, mother of Krishna.

She was ceased to be Chief Queen consort of Kosala Empire when her husband died and she became Queen dowager until her son's accession to the throne

During her son's reign in the Empire, she was the Queen Mother.

She shared a sisterly relationship with Sumitra and Kaikeyi.

Kausalya has been portrayed by several actresses in different television adaptations of Ramayana:

• Mata Kaushalya Temple

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