Ramayana- The Journey of Rama

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The Ramayana is one of the oldest epics in the world. This book retells the Ramayana in an easy-to-read, lively style, engrossing the readers of all ages. It is a first-of-its-kind book, where the author delves through the layers of the epic and brings out the various stories behind the main story.

Did you know that the first narrator of the Ramayana was Lord Shiva? Or that the Ramayana is a part of the Mahabharat too? Well, pick up the book and discover the answers to these and many more such interesting facts. Read on to understand the relevance of the Ramayana in our lives today.

Thei The Ramayana is considered one of the oldest epics of the world. The events of the Ramayana took place thousands of years ago.

All across India are sites associated with the Ramayana: Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, where Rama was born; Prayaga in Uttar Pradesh was the first place where Rama, Sita and Lakshmana stayed after leaving Ayodhya; Chitrakuta in Uttar Pradesh was where Bharata went and met them; Panchavati in Maharashtra was from where Sita was abducted; Dandakaranya forest covering Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh was where Shurpanakha's nose was cut by Lakshmana; Lepakshi in Andhra Pradesh was where Jatayu died fighting Ravana when the latter was abducting Sita; Kishkindha, Hampi in Karnataka was where Rama met Hanuman; Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu was from where the army of monkeys built a bridge to Lanka, now Sri Lanka; Rishikesh in Uttarakhand where Rama performed penance to atone for his sin of killing Ravana who, though was a demon-king, was a brahmin by birth; and many more such places.