This group is for discussion of the Rāmāyaṇa tradition in Sanatana Dharma. Not just limited to the classic Sanskrit epic by Vālmīki or the popular Hindi Rāmcaritmānas (AKA Mānas) version by Tulsīdās, but also other textual traditions and non-textual traditions such as shadow puppet theater, folk songs and debate completions.


"Thus there is a spiritual background to the entire story fo Ramayana. That is the reason why it is so popular. The average man is happy with the story. To the mediocre man, the idealism that Rama stands for is a great education. But even the man of Realisation enjoys Ramayana , because he sees in and through the story , the entire Vedantic Wisdom, echoing and re-echoing as a melody Divine."

~Swamy Chinmayananda


Jai Sri Ram Nam!

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