What Happened To Lord Ram After Valmiki Ramayan?

What happened to Lord Rama in Ramayan is not mentioned in the scriptures?  Some say he died of old age, some say he took Samadhi.  But nothing concrete is mentioned anywhere in scriptures regarding as to what had happened to him.

Today we at Medianews 18 bring to you of what had happened to Lord Rama?  

According to the reports Valmiki Ramayana doesn't mention the end of the Lord Rama anywhere and its just ends when Raja Ram returns to Ayodhya with his sons after Sita Mata gave up her life when asked for Agni Pariksha again and buried herself to her mother Dhartimata.  Then Lord Rama brought his both sons to Ayodhya and groomed both of them on important rules of reigning the empire.  

After Valmiki Ramayan ends whole episodes has been mentioned in Padma Purana.

Here's the full tale step wise:-  

1. Most people are aware of the way Queen Sita died, after King Rama of Ayodhya found her with his twin sons, Luv and Kush, in sage Valmiki's ashram. People also know that after Sita gave up her life following her humiliation on being asked to do an 'agni pariksha', Rama returned to Ayodhya with his sons and created a new home for them in the palace. But what about the rest of his life, after Sita?

2. It's not the Valmiki Ramayan, but the Padma Purana which sheds light on the way Rama's life ended. After returning to Ayodhya, albeit alone, having lost Sita in the forest, Shri Rama rules for several years, besides grooming his sons to take over important roles in the kingdom.

3. Alongside his rule, Rama also performs numerous yajnas for the benefit of the people of Ayodhya, who already think of their king as the best king ever.

4. As life goes on, one wise sage came to visit King Rama and sought his private audience to convey something of vital, but personal nature. As Rama is known to do, he humbly sits down to hear what the sage has to say.

5. As per the sage's advice, Rama also directs brother Lakshmana to guard the door of the room, saying that if anyone were to arrive during the confidential conversation, he should not be allowed to enter.

6. The old sage was none other than Kala Deva, or time, and he was there to remind Sri Rama that his "time" on earth was over, and he should plan to return to his original abode, Vaikunta.

7. Even as this conversation is going on, another sage, Durvasa Maharishi - known for his hot temper - appears outside the room and demands an immediate audience with Shri Rama.

8. Lakshmana tries to explain the situation to Durvasa Maharishi, but he displays his proverbial temper and threatens to curse Lakshmana if he is not allowed inside. Lakshmana is flummoxed. Disobey his brother or suffer a curse?

9. Somehow, Lakshmana realizes that this situation was the hint to him to take a final way out. Indeed, he steps into the Sarayu river and takes the form of Ananta Sesha, the many-headed serpent.

10. Rama, meanwhile, is already preparing to conclude the Rama avatar of Maha Vishnu. Learning of Lakshmana's story, he too walks down to Sarayu river, accompanied by (invisible) devas, since he is the personification of Maha Vishnu. Thus, ends Rama Avtaar.

11. Soon, Maha Vishnu appeared at the very same spot, in his original form, to bless the people gathered there. Rama had become Vishnu and Lakshmana had become Adisesha, the many hooded serpent.

12. While this is believed to be quite like it happened, a school of thought believes otherwise. It quotes the Puranas to say that Lord Vishnu, as the Sustainer of the Universe, cannot end his own existence; only Shiva, as the Destroyer of the Universe, can do it.

13. Why Lord Rama became the first avatar to voluntarily give up his existence is probably because as a human - an ideal human at that (Purushottama), he has to set an example of a righteous life. A violent death at the hands of a mystical animal would hardly do that, so entering a river was the best way to go.

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