Sparklers last only a few seconds, but the legend has lived for millennia. After the long war, when Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya, the city was dressed up with lamps and flowers. Diwali marks the return of the king and the Ramayana still remains India’s most enduring legend.
Drama, love, war, revenge, the Ramayana is every Indian child’s waking universe, each story carrying an embedded philosophy. The Ramayana exists in culture, religion, art and politics. It was an immensely popular television serial in the 1980s, a political campaign in the 90s, the Rama Setu is still the focus of faith, Many Ramayanas, the essay by A K Ramanujan, the focus of protest.
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