Valmiki’s story follows the course of Rama’s and Lakshmana’s journey through the subcontinent and their meeting with the tribal woman Shabari, who instructed Rama to approach Sugriva. Sugriva was sitting with Hanuman and his other ministers under a tree when they spied Rama and Lakshmana. He then instructed Hanuman to find out who they were. What follows is the story of the momentous meeting between Sri Rama, and his greatest bhakta.