| Character | Description |
| Ahalya | Wife of sage Gautama, who was turned into a stone and later became free from curse by the touch of Rama |
| Bharat | Brother of Rama and son of Kaikeyi |
| Dasharatha | Rama's father and King of Kosala |
| Dashanan | Ten headed King of Lanka a.k.a. Ravana |
| Garuda | Eagel; King of winged creatures |
| Gautam | Sage/Rishi who cursed her wife Ahalya to be a stone for her immoral conduct |
| Hanuman | Son of the wind God; Devout of Rama and a leading warrior among monkey tribe |
| Indrajit | Ravana's son who fought with Rama with magical powers |
| Jambuvan | Leader of bears who found Sita with his supernatural powers |
| Janaka | King of Mithila; Father of Sita, who found her in a furrow |
| Jatayu | Great bird who was killed by Ravana while rescuing Sita |
| Kaikeyi | Dashartha's youngest queen and mother of Bharata who asked for Rama's exile |
| Kausalya | Dashratha's queen and Rama's mother |
| Kevat | Boatman who let Rama, Laxman and Sita cross the river in his boat and washes Rama's feet for his fee |
| Khar | Brother of Ravana and Shurpanakha |
| Kumbhkarna | Ravan's brother known for sleeping and eating |
| Kush | Son of Rama and Sita |
| Laxman | Queen Sumitra's son and Rama's brother |
| Lava | Son of Ram and Sita; brother of Kush |
| Mandavi | Bharat's wife & King Janak's daughter |
| Manthara | Maid servant of Keikeyi who convinced her for Bharat's thorn and exile of Rama |
| Maricha or Mareech | Who assumed form of suvarna mriga (golden deer) and help abduct Sita |
| Meghanad | Ravana's son, who made Laxman unconscious in the battlefield with his arrow |
| Nala - Nil | Son of great builder who helped Rama build bridge to Lanka |
| Ravana | Ten headed King of Lanka, who abducted Sita; brother of Vibhishana & Surpanakha; father of Indrajit; husband of Mandodari |
| Sampati | Brother of Jatayu |
| Shatrughna | Rama's younger borther |
| Shabari | Devotee of Ram who offered him berry fruit |
| Shatananda | Head Preist (kul Guru) of Mithila |
| Shiva | Hindu Lord, whose bow was lifted by Rama in swayamvar |
| Shravan | Son of blind parents; known as an idol of service to parents |
| Shrutkirti | Shatrughna's wife and King Janak's daughter |
| Shurpanakha | Ravan's sister whose ears and nose were cut by Laxman |
| Sita | Daughter of Janaka and wife of Rama |
| Sugriva | King of monkey tribe and King of Kiskindha |
| Sumanta | Charioteer of King Dasharatha |
| Sumitra | Wife of Dashratha; Mother of Laxman & Shatrughna |
| Sunayana | Wife of King Janak; Mother of Sita |
| Sushen | Lankan physician, who advised Sanjivani herbs from Kailas mountain in order to cure Laxman |
| Tataka | Demoness (rakshasi) killed by Rama; mother of Mareecha |
| Tulsidas | Sanskrit scholar and poet who created Ramcharitmanas, a version of Valmiki Ramayana in local Avadhi language |
| Urmila | Laxman's wife; daughter of King Janak and sister of Sita |
| Vali (Bali) or Vaali | Cousin of Sugriva, who occupied Kiskindha and was killed by Rama |
| Valmiki | Great Poet and creator of Ramayana; Sage who helped Sita and her two son Lava-Kush stay at her ashram |
| Vanara | Monkey; A hill tribe of Southern India |
| Vasistha | Head priest (kul Guru) of Ayodhya |
| Vibhishana | Ravana's brother who leaves Lanka to join Rama and later become king of Lanka |
| Vishnu | Hindu Lord; Rama is considered as eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu |
| Vishwamitra | Rishi, who took Rama for killing troubling demons |
| Place | Description |
| Ayodhya | Capital city of Kosala which was rules by Rama's father, Dashratha |
| Ashoka van | A place in Lanka where Ravana kept Sita after abduction |
| Chitrakoot or Chitrakut | Forest place where Rama, Sita and Laxman stayed during exile |
| Dandakaranya | Forest where Rama, Sita and Laxman traveled during vanvas exile |
| Godavari | River, crossing which Rama, Sita and Laxman reached Panchavati |
| Kailasa | Mountain where Hanuman found sanjivani; Abode of Lord Shiva |
| Kiskindha | Kingdom ruled by Sugriva, leader of monkey tribe |
| Kosala | Kingdom ruled by Dashratha |
| Mithila | kingdom ruled by king Janaka, Sita's father |
| Lanka | Island kingdom ruled by demon king Ravana |
| Panchavati | Rama, Sita and Laxman's forest hut, from where Sita was abducted by Ravana |
| Prayag | Confluence of river Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati (presently known as Allahabad) |
| Sarayu | River on the banks of which Ayodhya is situated |
