ramayana

As per the Ramayana (Hindu mythology), Hanuman (the monkey God) had set the city of Lanka on fire.

The interpretation of the vyas ramayana and the south indian Kamba Ramayanam are different.

Another fun fact: The world's oldest recorded cipher (as an example of cryptography/ encryption) is the ancient Indian epic Ramayana by Maharshi Valmiki.

It is mentioned in epic Ramayana which has yet to be dated.

The Epic of Gilgamesh (2000BC) and Ramayana (500BC) have sci-fi elements.

You will never be confident enough to start reading the Ramayana no matter how much you study the language because it is a game of vocabulary.

In 2018, I read the Valmiki Ramayana by the Tungabhadra river in Hampi.

There is a 5000 years old epic called Ramayana which dedicates a significant part of it to a conversation between the protagonist Ram and his guru, agastya.

In general, the ramayana and the mahabharata are two epics, and thereby occupy a singificant mindshare in popular culture - so you can argue that it is pan-Indian.

Here I can only give a very top-level view to help you make an entry: There are two epics of the Hindus: The Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

Once you dig deep into some of it, read through Ramayana and also dive into history of Sri Lanka, I am sure you'll find something really interesting.

Should we not start with Ramayana and Mahabartham?

However, "Bhagavadgeetha", which is popularly* considered to be the holiest of Hindu texts is from Mahabharatha, which takes place after Ramayana.

WTH:D Raghavan!= Ravana (Only relation is that they were on the opposite sides and that made pretty much the whole epic Ramayana) Raghavan comes from "Raghu" (another name for Ram).

I am working on two Sanskrit-related things at the moment: - a website where I am putting up proof-read stories from scanned copies of old issues of the Sanskrit Chandamama - a "Sensible Guide to Samskritam" that will use the Baroda Critical Edition of the Valmiki Ramayana as the foundation to construct a single story told across 100-odd bite-sized chapters.

Some crazy estimates suggest approximately 100,000 to 900,000 years ago for Ramayana, but then it is a crazy estimate [3] indeed.

Oh, it helps (for me at least) that it is the story of the Ramayana, an ancient Hindu text from the Vedas.

If taught right it can have lasting impact on young minds, but no, all you have is Mahabharatha, Ramayana, Bhagawadgeeta and such.