Jai Siya Ram

Statues of Rama and Sita

Jai Siya Ram (or Jai Siyaram) is a Hindi expression, translating as "Victory to Sita and Rama".[1] Siya is a regional variant of Sita.[2] Sociologist Jan Breman states that it was used as "a greeting of welcome in the countryside since time immemorial".[3]

  1. ^ Lutgendorf, Philip (11 January 2007). Hanuman's Tale: The Messages of a Divine Monkey. Oxford University Press. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-19-988582-4.
  2. ^ Flueckiger, Joyce Burkhalter (15 March 2018). Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India. Cornell University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-5017-2286-8.
  3. ^ Breman 1999, p. 270.