The Ramayana

Rama and Ravana - The Ramayana

Ravana abducted Sita, fully knowing the consequences

Ravana – The great scholar Ravana, mostly known as the person who kidnapped Sita and was later killed by Lord Rama.Lets look at other aspects of him and try to find out the exact reason behind the abduction of Sita. Ravana was a great scholar, a devout devotee of Lord Shiva. He knew about the […]

Bali and Sugriva – An interesting tale of two brothers

Kishkindha Kand from Ramayana Katha

The Ramayana story in pictures – Aranya Kand (3)

 The Ramayana – Aranya Kand Rama, Sita and Lakshmana spent thirteen years in exile. These years were no way less eventful than other kandas in Ramayana. Since they have spent this in a forest called Dandakaranya, this chapter is also called as Aranya kand, as Arnaya means forest. In exile, Rama, Sita and Laxman spent

The Ramayana Epic: 51 Surprising Facts and Trivia

The Ramayana is an amazing Indian story that’s been told for thousands of years! It’s all about Lord Rama, but it also tells the stories of many other important people. There’s Lakshmana, Rama’s loyal brother, Bharata, another brother who stayed true to Rama, and Hanuman, the amazing monkey god who helped Rama rescue his wife

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The Ramayana story in pictures – Ayodhya Kand (2)

Ayodhya Kand – The Ramayana in pictures The Ramayana story is told by sage Valmiki in various kandas. This is the story which is told in Ayodhya kand and is primarily around Rama’s vanvaas. Kaikeyi and Manthra were the central characters towards Rama’s vanvaas. Manthra and Kaikeyi Manthra advising Kaikeyi to ask for Bharat’s ascendance

Story of The Ramayana in Pictures – Bal Kand

Interesting Book for Children on Ramayana In India, there are two major epics. The Ramayana, and the Mahabharat. In Treta The story of Rama and his wife Sita, is the main story around which the Ramayana is written in Treta Yuga. This epic was written by Sage Valmiki, who himself was a robber, but later

Interesting birth stories from Indian mythology

Birth of Rama, Pandavas, Jarasandh and others Indian or hindu mythology talk about interesting stories of  births as well. We find instances where great characters came to earth in different way. One common way is that eating dessert or fruit results in birth of a child. We find this once in the period of The Ramayana and once

Seven interesting death stories – Indian mythology

Death stories from Mahabharata and The Ramayana – Indian Mythology Though this topic seems a bit unusual, but there are enough incidents in Indian mythology, especially in Mahabharat and in the Ramayana, which compel me to write an article on the matter. These are a bit peculiar, so they warrant your attention. Interested? Read on… Death