Dilipa king

 

King Raghu is the most famous ancestor of Lord Ram. It was because of King Raghu that this Suryavash Dynasty was known as Raghuvansha. King Raghu was the son of King Dilip or Dilipa and Queen Sudakshina. King Dilip was a king of the Ikshvaku Dynasty. King Dilip is the son of Krishakarma. King His son King Raghu was the father of King Aja , the father of King Dasharath and grandfather of Lord Ram

an Asura named Virasena attacked Kubera, however, Lord Shiva Nad Lord Vishnu were unable to defeat him. Vishnu told Kubera to seek the help of the king Dilip, who came to Kubera's mythical city of Alaka. Dilip fired arrow after arrow at Virasena, but every drop of blood spilled caused the formation of a new Virasena. To finish the unending battle, Dilip prayed to the goddess Raktesahwari who came and drank all the blood of Virasena, allowing for his death. King Dilip was a noble, popular ruler who was married to Sudakshina, the princess of Maghada; however, he had no progeny. He and Sudakshina decided to go to the sage Vashishta in order to receive advice on how to obtain a child. And later a son was born to him who was named Raghu. King Dilip is said to performed 105 sacrifices