Some scriptures also mention her previous birth being Vedavati, a woman Ravana tries to molest. While some texts mention that Maya Sita is destroyed in the flames of Agni Pariksha, others narrate how she is blessed and reborn as Devi Radha or the goddess Padmavati. At Agni Pariksha, Maya Sita and the real Sita exchange places again. In some versions of the epic, the fire-god Agni creates Maya Sita, who takes Sita's place and is abducted by Ravana and suffers his captivity, while the real Sita hides in the fire. Sita undergoes Agni Pariksha (an ordeal of fire) by which she proves her chastity before she is accepted by Rama.
In the Ramayana, Sita – the consort of Rama (the prince of Ayodhya and an avatar of the god Vishnu) – is seized by Ravana and imprisoned in Lanka, until she is rescued by Rama, who slays her captor.
In some adaptations of the Hindu epic Ramayana, Maya Sita ( Sanskrit: माया सीता, 'illusional Sita') or Chaya Sita ( छाया सीता, 'shadow Sita') is the illusionary duplicate of the goddess Sita (the heroine in the texts), who is abducted by the demon-king Ravana of Lanka instead of the real Sita. Some versions of the Ramayana narrate that Maya Sita was kidnapped by Ravana instead of the real Sita. Illusionary duplicate of the Hindu goddess SitaĪ painting of Ravana kidnapping Sita by Raja Ravi Varma.
