Saturday, November 12, 2011

Ramayanam

Radhe Krishna 12-11-2011



RAMAYANAM SUMMARY | RAMAYANAM CHARACTERS | RAMAYANAM VIDEOS | ADHYATMA RAMAYANAM





The Ramayana is undoubtedly the most popular and timeless Indian epic read and loved by all. The term 'Ramayana', literally means "the march (ayana) of Rama" in search of human values. As a literary work, it combines "the inner bliss of Vedic literature with the outer richness of delightfully profound story telling."
This story of Sri Rama by the great sage Valmiki is referred to as the Adi Kavya or the first epic poem. About the Valmiki Ramayana, Swami Vivekananda has said: "No language can be purer, none chaster, none more beautiful, and at the same time simpler, than the language in which the great poet has depicted the life of Sri Rama."

The characters and incidents in Ramayana provide the ideals and wisdom of common life, and help to bind the people of India. Universally regarded as one of the world's important literary works, Ramayana has had a profound impact on the art, culture, family relations, gender, politics and nationalism in the Indian sub continent. The everlasting value of this epic tale has been extolled through the centuries, and it has helped in molding the Hindu character largely.


RAMAYANAM SUMMARY as retold by Rajaji
1. THE CONCEPTION
2. SAGE VISWAMITRA
3. TRISANKU
4. RAMA LEAVES HOME
5. RAMA SLAYS THE MONSTERS
6. SITA
7. BHAGIRATHA AND THE STORY OF GANGA
8. AHALYA
9. THE DIVINE MARRIAGE OF RAMA AND SITA
10. PARASURAMA HUMBLED
11. FESTIVE PREPARATIONS
12. MANTHARA'S EVIL COUNSEL
13. KAIKEYI SUCCUMBS
14. WIFE OR DEMON?
15. BEHOLD A WONDER!
16. STORM AND CALM
17. SITA'S RESOLVE
18. TO THE FOREST
19. ALONE BY THEMSELVES
20. CHITRAKUTA
21. A MOTHER'S GRIEF
22. IDLE SPORT AND TERRIBLE RESULT
23. LAST MOMENTS OF DASARATHA
24. BHARATA ARRIVES
25. INTRIGUE WASTED
26. BHARATA SUSPECTED
27. THE BROTHERS MEET
28. BHARATA BECOMES RAMA'S DEPUTY
29. VIRADHA'S END
30. TEN YEARS PASS
31. THE SURPANAKHA EPISODE
32. KAMBAN'S SURPANAKHA
33. KHARA AND HIS ARMY LIQUIDATED
34. THE PATH OF RUIN
35. THE GOLDEN STAG
36. THE GOOD BIRD JATAYU
37. CLOSELY GUARDED
38. RAMA DISCONSOLATE
39. A SECOND FATHER DIES
40. LEFT EYELIDS THROB
41. HE SEES HER JEWELS
42. SUGRIVA'S DOUBTS CLEARED
43. THE SLAYING OF VALI
44. TARA'S GRIEF
45. ANGER AND RECONCILIATION
46. THE SEARCH BEGINS
47. SON OF VAYU
48. THE SEARCH IN LANKA
49. SITA IN THE ASOKA PARK
50. RAVANA'S SOLICITATION
51. FIRST AMONG THE ASTUTE
52. SITA COMFORTED
53. SITA AND HANUMAN
54. INVITING BATTLE
55. THE TERRIBLE ENVOY
56. HANUMAN BOUND
57. LANKA IN FLAMES
58. A CARNIVAL
59. THE TIDINGS CONVEYED
60. THE ARMY MOVES FORWARD
61. ANXIETY IN LANKA
62. RAVANA CALLS A COUNCIL AGAIN
63. VIBHISHANA
64. THE VANARA'S DOUBT
65. THE DOCTRINE OF SURRENDER AND GRACE
66. THE GREAT CAUSEWAY
67. THE BATTLE BEGINS
68. SITA'S JOY
69. SERPENT DARTS
70. RAVANA'S DEFEAT
71. THE GIANT IS ROUSED
72. IS THIS NARAYANA HIMSELF?
73. THE DEATH OF INDRAJIT
74. END OF RAVANA
75. THE END
76. EPILOGUE

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