The Ramayana is one of the two important epics in Hinduism. It narrates the story of the prince Rama, prince of Ayodhya. The ...

The Valmiki Ramayana has layers of information, included in different historical periods, that saw the location of Sugriva’s ...

Folk versions altered it to suit the region or community. Then came the ‘Bhakti’ era, and the ‘Ramayana’ became a story of good versus evil. In ‘Many Ramayanas, Many Lessons’, author ...

In the foreword to his thought-provoking travelogue Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God, Jonah Blank underlines the significance of the Ramayana of Valmiki in modern Indian culture: Imagine a story that ...

Ramayana Masam (Malayalam: രാമായണ മാസം) is an important observance in the state of Kerala. It is observed in the month of ‘Karkidakam’ of the Malayalam calendar while in the Gregorian calendar it ...

According to the Ramayana, Rama was banished to the forest for 14 years by his father and stepmother, so left his kingdom of Ayodhya with Sita and his brother Lakshman. While in the forest ...