Hii! I am new here! Thought to be a silent reader but this thing compelled me to write this answer. See! This is not at all mentioned in valmiki ramayan nor in tulsi ramayan! Even purans could not have originally mentioned this. You all can't deny the fact that we actually do not have original manuscripts of any of the purans and it's completely possible that many stories added later on just to degrade the actual history or just for mirch masala. Let's consider this story of disrobing of mandodari and say it has been taken from adhyatm ramayanam. First of all, adhytm ramayan is all about viewing shree ram from a divine perspective. And had this incident been aproved by shreeram, all the purpose of showing his divinity had been lost. Second point is, even if we consider him as a normal human being, how could a person who had such high moral values and a truthful king could let this happen. There are many versions and many added stories just to destroy his image especially in medieval period. But the ones who have even read valmiki ramayan just superficially only, then also he or she could say that what is true and what is added! Even I had read about thai ramayan version and I must say, it's more about establishing of monarchy and the original essence of ramayan is not there. There is less divinity, more war.
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