evidence: Maricha was employed in the form of a golden deer to tempt Sita and to get Rama away from her, so that Ravana could approach Sita in disguise and abduct her. Jatayu, Rama’s ally, saw Ravana capturing Sita and tried to stop him, but Ravana chopped off his wings, fatally wounding him. Ravana then proceeded to take Sita to Lanka. While Ravana kept Sita under his custody in the Ashoka Grove under the Simsapa Tree, Rama followed the golden deer and realized that it was a mere illusion, and he killed it. But when Rama and Lakshmana returned to the ashram, they found Sita nowhere. They met Jatayu, who was bleeding to death, and the bird related to them the story of Sita’s abduction before he passed away. They performed the funeral rites for Jatayu, and went further ahead, killing Kabandha and liberating him, giving moksha to the ascetic Shabari, and then reached Lake Pampa.