(a.k.a. Mareech) Brother of king Rawana who disguised as a golden deer to aid kidnapping of Sita in the story of Hindu epic Ramayana.

In the epic of Ramayana, uncle of Ravana who came in the form of a deer to entice Sita.

In the Hindu epic the Ramayana, Maricha (Sanskrit: मारीच, mārīcha) was a rakshasa who played a small but very important part. He was thrown into a remote island by the arrow of Lord Rama when he tried to interrupt Sage Vishwamitras yaga. After that he became very afraid of the very mention of the name Rama.