Abstract
Ramayana is not a solo entity. The number of Ramayanas and the range of their influence in South and Southeast Asia over the past twenty-five hundred years or more are astonishing. Different versions of Rama story are available. We can trace the story line in Burma, Thailand, Japan, Oman etc. But from 20th century, from the time modern thought of learning came into practice, Valmiki Ramayana and Ramcharitmanas started gaining unprecedented importance.
Highlights
‘Ramakatha’ has such great influence that still its repercussions are felt
Bhakti notion has completely erased the original scripts of Ramayana which characterized the pangs, desires, ambitions of a king who with his power and subjectivity has overcome the difficulties of his lifetime
Rama is portrayed as an ordinary man with all lot of desires and doubts
Summary
‘Ramakatha’ has such great influence that still its repercussions are felt. Bhakti notion has completely erased the original scripts of Ramayana which characterized the pangs, desires, ambitions of a king who with his power and subjectivity has overcome the difficulties of his lifetime. In Valmiki Ramayana we get an instance of the diversity of ‘Rama-katha’, when he describes Sita’s insistance in taking her along with Rama in his journey to forest. All the adjectives given to Rama in Adyathma Ramayana goes well with Ravana in Bhauma Soorya.
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