Hindu God Sri Ram was born in the Raghuvamsa lineage. The dynasty is also known as Ikshvaku Vamsa. The Raghuvamsa lineage traces its origin to Surya, the Hindu sun god. An interesting story in Hindu scriptures mentions about the origin of the Raghuvamsa. Khatvanga was one of the rulers of the solar dynasty. He had a son named Dileepa. In due course of time, Khatvanga decided it was time for him to bid adieu to the materialistic world. He installed the brilliant Dileepa as the next king. Dileepa did not disappoint his father and made his kingdom one of the most powerful. The people were happy and content. But Dileepa was an unhappy man as he did not have a son to continue the dynasty. Dileepa and his wife Sudakshina approached Sage Vasishta for a solution. Vasishta then went into deep meditation and found that King Dileepa had acquired a curse. Once he had ignored Kamadhenu, the divine cow. Kamadhenu could not tolerate this ignorance as the divine cow thought when t