Seeta Kalyanam (known in Hindi as Sita Swayamvar) (known in Malayalam as Seetha Swayamvaram) is a 1976 Telugu epic, mythological, drama film directed by Bapu, and scripted by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana. The film has garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Direction (Telugu). The ensemble cast film deals with the wedding epic Seeta Kalyanam and Lord Rama's ten incarnations of Vishnu. The film was screened at the BFI London Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, San Reno and Denver International Film Festivals in 1978, and is part of the course work at the British Film Institute.
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Vivah Panchami is a Hindu festival celebrating the marriage of Rama and Sita. It is observed on the fifth day of the Shukla paksha or waxing phase of moon in the Margashirsha month (November – December) as per Hindu calendar.
The day is observed as the Vivah Utsav of Sita and Rama in temples and sacred places associated with Sri Rama in Mithilanchal region and North India.
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The day is also of great importance at Janakpurdham in Nepal, where thousands of pilgrims arrive many from India and other part of country, as it is believed here that Sita got married to Bhagavan Sri Ram(Prince of Ahodhya) here.
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Seetha Kalyanam (Tamil: சீதா கல்யாணம்) (Seetha's Wedding) is a 1934 Tamil film produced by Prabhat Film Company. It was the first film for musicians Papanasam Sivan and Veenai S. Balachander. The film was remade in Telugu in the same year.
Plot
Sita Kalyanam is the story of Sita's (S. Jayalakshmi) swayamvara. Sita's father King Janaka (V. Sundaram Iyer) arranges a swayamvara for his daughter. He announces a contest and declares that whoever can wield Shiva Dhanush (Shiva's bow) will be given Seetha's hand in marriage. After several kings and princes fail to do so, Rama (S. Rajam), the prince of Ayodhya, wields the bow and marries Sita.