Hindu mythology is a rich and complicated fabric of divine stories, cosmic wars, and profound philosophical insights. These ...
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 ...
The Ramayana is an epic that has been a connecting factor among Southeast Asian countries, and has impacted their art forms in several ways. It is with this in mind that the third edition of the A ...
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 ...
Credited for veering the BJP towards a resounding win in Gujarat in 1998, Mr Modi visited "Mini India" to address the International Ramayana Conference in Moka. Mauritius holds a 'special ...
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 ...