Arishtanemi: Military chief of the Malayaputras; right-hand man of Vishwamitra
Ashwapati: King of the north-western kingdom of Kekaya; a loyal ally of Dashrath; father of Kaikeyi
Bharat: Ram’s half-brother; son of Dashrath and Kaikeyi
Dashrath: The Chakravarti king of Kosala and emperor of Sapt Sindhu; husband of Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra; father of Ram, Bharat, Lakshman, and Shatrughan
Janak: King of Mithila; father of Sita and Urmila
Jatayu: A captain of the Malayaputra tribe; a Naga friend of Sita and Ram
Kaikeyi: Daughter of King Ashwapati of Kekaya; second and the favourite wife of Dashrath; mother of Bharat
Kaushalya: Daughter of King Bhanuman of South Kosala and his wife Maheshwari; the eldest queen of Dashrath; mother of Ram
Kubaer: Trader and ruler of Lanka before Raavan
Kumbhakarna: Raavan’s brother; he is also a Naga (a human being born with deformities)
Kushadhwaj:King of Sankashya; younger brother of Janak
Lakshman: One of the twin sons of Dashrath; born to Sumitra; faithful to Ram; later married to Urmila
Malayaputras: The tribe left behind by Lord Parshu Ram, the sixth Vishnu
Manthara: The richest merchant of Sapt Sindhu; an ally of Kaikeyi
Mrigasya: General of Dashrath’s army; one of the nobles of Ayodhya
Nagas: A feared race of human beings born with deformities
Nilanjana: Lady doctor attending to members of the royal family of Ayodhya, she hails from South Kosala
Raavan: King of Lanka; brother of Vibhishan, Shurpanakha and Kumbhakarna
Ram: Eldest of four brothers, son of Emperor Dashrath of Ayodhya (the capital city of Kosala kingdom) and his eldest wife Kaushalya; later married to Sita
Roshni: Daughter of Manthara; a committed doctor and rakhi-sister to the four sons of Dashrath
Samichi: Police and protocol chief of Mithila
Shatrughan: Twin brother of Lakshman; son of Dashrath and Sumitra
Shurpanakha: Half-sister of Raavan
Sita: Adopted daughter of King Janak of Mithila; also the prime minister of Mithila; later married to Ram
Sumitra: Daughter of the king of Kashi; the third wife of Dashrath; mother of the twins Lakshman and Shatrughan
Vashishta: Raj guru, the royal priest of Ayodhya; teacher of the four princes
Vayuputras: The tribe left behind by Lord Rudra, the previous Mahadev
Vibhishan: Half-brother of Raavan
Vishwamitra: Chief of the Malayaputras, the tribe left behind by Lord Parshu Ram, the sixth Vishnu; also temporary guru of Ram and Lakshman
Urmila: Younger sister of Sita; the blood-daughter of Janak; she is later married to Lakshman
