Question: which was adopted and raised by a king of mithila
Answer: 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 ) .