<P> The birthplace of Sita is disputed. The Sita Kund pilgrimage site which is located in present - day Sitamarhi district, Bihar, India is viewed as the birthplace of Sita . Apart from Sitamarhi, Janakpur which is located in the present - day Province No. 2, Nepal, is also described as Sita's birthplace . </P> <Ul> <Li> Valmiki's Ramayana: In Valmiki's Ramayana and Kamban's Tamil epic Ramavataram, Sita is said to have been discovered in a furrow in a ploughed field, believed to be Sitamarhi in Mithila region of present - day Bihar, and for that reason is regarded as a daughter of Bhūmi Devi (the goddess earth). She was discovered, adopted and brought up by Janaka, king of Mithila and his wife Sunaina . </Li> <Li> Ramayana Manjari: In Ramayana Manjari (verses 344--366), North - western and Bengal recensions of Valmiki Ramayana, it has been described as on hearing a voice from the sky and then seeing Menaka, Janaka expresses his wish to obtain a child and when he finds the child, he hears the same voice again telling him the infant is his spiritual child, born of Menaka . </Li> <Li> Janka's real daughter: In Ramopkhyana of the Mahabharata and also in Paumachariya of Vimala Suri, Sita has been depicted as Janaka's real daughter . According to Rev. Fr . Camille Bulcke, this motif that Sita was the real daughter of Janaka, as described in Ramopkhyana Mahabharata was based on the authentic version of Valmiki Ramayana . Later the story of Sita miraculously appearing in a furrow was inserted in Valmiki Ramayana . </Li> <Li> Reincarnation of Vedavati: Some versions of the Ramayana suggest that Sita was a reincarnation of Vedavati . Ravana tried to molest Vedavati and her chastity was sullied beyond Ravana's redemption when she was performing penance to become consort of Vishnu . Vedavati immolated herself on a pyre to escape Ravana's lust, vowing to return in another age and be the cause of Ravana's destruction . She was duly reborn as Sita . </Li> <Li> Reincarnation of Manivati: According to Gunabhadra's Uttara Purana of the ninth century BCE, Ravana disturbs the asceticism of Manivati, daughter of Amitavega of Alkapuri and she pledges to take revenge on Ravana . Manivati is later reborn as the daughter of Ravana and Mandodari . But, astrologers predict ruin of Ravana because of this child . So, Ravana orders to kill the child . Manivati is placed in a casket and buried in the ground of Mithila where she is discovered by some of the farmers of the kingdom . Then Janka, king of that state adopts her . </Li> <Li> Ravana's daughter: In Sanghadasa's Jaina version of Ramayana and also in Adbhuta Ramayana, Sita, entitled Vasudevahindi, is born as daughter of Ravana . According to this version, astrologers predict that first child of Vidyadhara Maya (Ravana's wife) will destroy his lineage . Thus, Ravana abandons her and orders the infant to be buried in a distant land where she is later discovered and adopted by Janaka . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Valmiki's Ramayana: In Valmiki's Ramayana and Kamban's Tamil epic Ramavataram, Sita is said to have been discovered in a furrow in a ploughed field, believed to be Sitamarhi in Mithila region of present - day Bihar, and for that reason is regarded as a daughter of Bhūmi Devi (the goddess earth). She was discovered, adopted and brought up by Janaka, king of Mithila and his wife Sunaina . </Li> <Li> Ramayana Manjari: In Ramayana Manjari (verses 344--366), North - western and Bengal recensions of Valmiki Ramayana, it has been described as on hearing a voice from the sky and then seeing Menaka, Janaka expresses his wish to obtain a child and when he finds the child, he hears the same voice again telling him the infant is his spiritual child, born of Menaka . </Li>

Which was adopted and raised by a king of mithila