Sundara Kanda is regularly studied as ‘paraayana’. The intended benefit is overcoming obstacles of all kinds, including harmful ‘astrological transit’ of grahas Ramayana literally means the ‘journey ...

While churning the ocean of milk, various things such as the Karpaga tree, which incessantly gratifies petitioners with the objects sought; the moon-white king of elephants; Goddess Mahalakshmi, ...

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 was ...

Those who translated Valmiki Ramayana into different languages had interpreted the epic in their own way and it led to a series of controversies over the essence of Ramayana, according to scholar and ...

The Ramayana is still revered across Southeast Asia, a sign that underlying culture often supersedes imposed religion His father was a strict grammarian who lamented the fact that there is a lot of ...

HYDERABAD: The Delhi state government was indulging in ‘competitive Hindutva’ with the BJP and its decision to have recitations of the ‘Sundarakanda’ of the Ramayana, and Hanuman Chalisa recitation, ...