The Vedic period What else was going on then? What’s the story?The Ramayana tells the story of a battle between the Hindu god Vishnu and a demon called Ravana. Shows like Ramayan and Mahabharat on Hindi general entertainment.Most people think the Ramayana was written down around 800-300 BC, during the Vedic period (the Iron Age). More about Hinduism All our ancient India articles When was the Ramayana written?He is also an active story consultant and culture consultant for Star TV. Many of the stories associated are not present in the Ramayana written by Valmiki but are orally transmitted tales.The Ramayana is a story from ancient India that is a very important part of the Hindu religion. It is a characteristic that Rama carries within himself as he wages war against Ravana to bring back his wife, Sita.
Ravana’s sisterRama and his other brother Lakshmana and Rama’s wife Sita went away to live a simple life in the forest. Rama was supposed to be king when his father died, but at the last minute his father decided to make his brother king instead. Who is Vishnu? Prince Rama is bornSo Vishnu was born as the prince Rama. So Vishnu decided to be reborn as a man, and then he would not be a god and he would be able to fight Ravana.
Ravana kidnaps SitaWhen Ravana got to the forest, he found that Sita was indeed very beautiful, and he stole her away from Rama and took her back to Lanka with him. So he went to the forest to see for himself. Also, Ravana’s sister told him how beautiful Rama’s wife Sita was. Ravana was very angry because Rama had beaten up his sister (compare the story of Phaedra). When Rama said no, Ravana’s sister attacked him, but Rama and his brother Lakshmana fought her off.The demon went back to her brother Ravana on the island of Lanka (modern Sri Lanka) and complained to him that Rama had been mean to her and attacked her.
There was a terrible battle, but finally Rama killed the demon Ravana. The monkeys made a bridge over to the island. Rama kills RavanaHanuman went back to the forest and got Rama and Lakshmana, and they all went back with the whole monkey army to attack the island of Lanka. Sita was very happy, but then the demon Ravana caught Hanuman and set his tail on fire! In the end, though, Hanuman escaped and set fire to the whole island of Lanka. Hanuman found Sita on the island of Lanka and told her that Rama was coming to save her. (Compare the story of Helen of Troy, written in the 700s BC, about the same time as the Ramayana.) Helen of Troy Hanuman, King of the MonkeysRama and his brother Lakshmana needed help to rescue Sita, so they went to see the king of the monkeys, Hanuman, who had the magic power to make himself bigger or smaller.
The Ramayana retold for kids. A less violent version for little kids.The Ramayana for Children, by Bulbul Sharma (2004). Learn by doing: a Ramayana project More about the Mahabharata Bibliography and further reading about the Ramayana:Rama and the Demon King: An Ancient Tale from India , by Jessica Souhami (2004). But in the end, Rama and Sita’s twin boys came back to their father Rama. And even after she did that, and she was having his twin babies, Rama ended up sending her to live somewhere else. Maybe she had fallen in love with Ravana while she was his prisoner? Rama made Sita walk through fire to show that she still really loved him.
More stories from India And more about Hinduism More about India Quatr. The complete text of the Ramayana in a modern English translation. A retelling of the Ramayana for kids, from the point of view of the monkey king Hanuman.Ramayana: India’s Immortal Tale of Adventure, Love and Wisdom, by Krishna Dharma (2004).
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