Many Ramayanas, Many Lessons' by Anand Neelakantan is part of the author's effort to compile folk, oral, and textual ...

According to latest reports, the fire at the Ella Forest Reserve in the Uva province had been doused after two days. ..

From above, a bird looks like he is swooping in to attack. Is this a depiction of the kidnapping of Sita by Ravana, with Jatayu attempting a rescue? In this medieval art gallery, there is no ...

Then, Rama, who had vanquished the demons of the forest, invites the wrath of the demon king Ravana, and his wife Sita is kidnapped. Rama goes to rescue Sita with the help of the monkey army.

The stories we choose to celebrate say more about us than we realize. They shape how we see virtue, power, sacrifice, and ...

Arun Ganapathy visits the home of Rama s biographer in Varanasi and finds that the Ramayana s key characters are living entities for the localsAt the end of the famed ghats of Varanasi there s one gha ...

While the specifics may vary, the overarching storyline of the Ramayana — including the key events such as Rama’s exile, the kidnapping of Sita, the battle with Ravana, and the eventual return to ...