Ramcharitmanas – Itisaras

Conceiving of Ram as The Supreme Being- Insights from the Adhyatma Ramayana

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Piyush Kukrety 0 Comments adhyatama Ramayana, Ayodhya, epics, Hindu texts, holy texts, Indian epics, Jain Ramayana, Kampan Ramayana, Puranas, Ram, ramanand sagar Ramayana, Ramayana, Ramcharitmanas, Sita, Thai Ramayana, Tulsidas, Valmiki, Vedas

The protagonist of the epic Ramayana, Lord Ram is viewed differently not just by different people, but also is described differently in different versions of the epic. One of them, the Adhyatama Ramayana sees him as a pure divine being. Read more about it here.

Culture History

Ramnagar Ramlila

October 21, 2020October 21, 2020 Shriya Tandon 0 Comments Anant Chaturdashi, Ashok Vatika, Bhadra month, Dussehra, Goswami Tulsidas, Hanuman, Hindu calendar, historians, History, Intangible World Cultural Heritage, Janaka, Janakpuri, Jatayu, journalists, Kashi Naresh, Lanka, Lord Ram, Maharaja Udit Narayan Singh, Mark Twain, Niyamis, old saga, Panchvati, Pilgrimage, pilgrimage sites, pious, Ramcharitmanas, Ramlila, Ramnagar, Ramnagar fort, Religion, Tradition, travellers, UNESCO, Varanasi, venture, Vyasa family, writers

The Ramnagar Ramlila has piqued the interest of numerous historians, writers, journalists and travellers for its relentless religious observance and simplicity in execution. With UNESCO inscribing Ramlila the status of Intangible World Cultural Heritage in 2008, the acclaim and prestige for the one in Ramnagar has only escalated seeing as it is one of the world’s oldest Ramlilas.