Ramayana: Tales from Ancient India Kathavani
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Each episode/season will showcase a story from Indian literature - ancient and contemporary, whimsical and vedantic, long or short. I'm excited to share these stories here.
We will start the season with Valmiki's Ramayana an adi kavya, the first and most popular Indian epic, originally written as sanskrit verses.
#Ramayana #Mahabharata #Panchatantra
Valmiki Ramayana, Stories from Mahabharata, Panchatantra
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Ramayana - Episode 29 - recap of Balakanda and AyodhyaKanda
Brief recap of the first two books of Ramayana
Characters: Sage Valmiki, Sage Narada, King Dasaratha, Queens Kowsalya, Sumithra, Kaikeyi, Maharishi Vasishta, Vamadeva, Rajarishi Viswamithra, Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrugna, Sita, Guha, Bharadwaja, Atri, Anasuya
Places: Ayodhya, Chitrakuta, Dandakaranya -
Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda - Episode 28 - Maharishi Atri & Anasuya Devi
Rama decides to leave Chitrakuta mountains and meets with Maharishi Atri and his renowned wife Devi Anasuya
Anasuya Devi gives Sita divine clothes, garland that would never fade as well as ornaments, fragrance and cream to enhance Sita's beauty and bring more glory to Rama.
Key characters: Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Maharishi Atri and Devi Anasuya, Valmiki, Ramayana in Chitrakuta mountains by River Mandakini -
Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda - Episode 27 - Truth vs Right
Rama and Bharata discuss next steps about who is to be king.
Key characters: Rama, Bharata, Jabali, Vasishta, Dasaratha
Places: Chitrakuta mountains, Ayodhya, Prayagraj, Sringaberapura
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Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda - Episode 26 - Grief in Chitrakuta
Bharata, Shatrughna and their companions reach Chitrakuta mountains. Rama learns of his father's demise and performs his last rites. Bharata asks Rama to return to Ayodhya to be king.
#Valmiki #Ramayana #Rama #Sita #Lakshmana #Bharata #Shatrughna #Vasishta #Guha #Sumatra #Kowsalya #Sumithra #Chitrakuta
Key characters: Valmiki Rama Sita Lakshmana Bharata Shatrughna Vasishta Guha Sumatra Kowsalya Sumithra
Places of interest: Chitrakuta mountains, River Mandakini -
Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda - Episode 25 - Bharata reaches Prayag
Bharata, his kinsmen, army and tireless citizen followers arrive in Prayag and go beyond in search of Rama.
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Ramayana - Episode 24 - Ayodhya Kanta - Bharata reacts, and then acts
Bharata reacts to his mother's ploys and grieves his losses. After Dasaratha's funeral, Bharata sets out of Ayodhya again.
#ValmikiRamayana
#Valmiki #Ramayana
#Bharata #Shatrugna #Dasaratha #Kowsalya #Kaikeyi #Sumithra #Vasishta #Sumatra #Guha #Bharadwaja