This holy book has been a heart ... a dialect of Hindi, was composed by Goswami Tulsidas in the 16th century. Whereas Valmiki’s Ramayana is deeply philosophic and poetic, the version offered ...

The original Ramayana was written thousands of years ago by Rishi Valmiki. It was written ... but he chose to write his book in Awadhi, a dialect of Hindi spoken in Uttar Pradesh, so that people ...

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 ...