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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
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
35 Episodes
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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
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
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
Valimiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kanda
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
Bharata, his kinsmen, army and tireless citizen followers arrive in Prayag and go beyond in search of Rama.
#Bharata #Prayag #Chitrakuta #Sage Bharadwaja
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
A whimsical story about a sparrow's day, translated from original "kuruvi kadai". A sparrow found a grain of rice in the dirt and hauled it around so it could enjoy payasa, a sweet rice pudding.
This is a story in Tamil about a kuruvi, a sparrow that found a grain of rice and wanted to eat payasa, rice pudding.
Ayodhya's Ministers & elders fear anarchy in Ayodhya and Kosala. Bharata is summoned and returns to Ayodhya right away. Kaikeyi meets Bharata
#ValmikiRamayana
#Valmiki #Ramayana
#Vasishta #Sumatra #Bharata #Shatrugna #Kaikeyi
Dasaratha narrates an incident from his youth, and a curse from the past.
Background stories about Dasaratha's past, Sage Vibandaka and his son Rshyashrnga
Sage Bharadwaja's gifts; Rama, Sita and Lakshmana's journey to scenic Chitrakuta; Sumatra returns to Ayodhya and witnesses King Dasarata and Queen Kowsalya's unbearable grief
Farewells, crossings and new meetings.
Key characters: Rama, Lakshmana, Sita, Guha, Sumatra, Sage Bharadwaja
Rama leaves Ayodhya trailed by a band of determined followers; Guha welcomes Rama
Sita reasons with Rama to accompany him during his exile. Rama leaves Ayodhya, with his parents blessings, to start his 14 years long exile in the forest.
Rama meets with King Dasaratha and Queen Kaikeyi and reaches a decision about his coronation. He informs Queen Kowsalya and his beloved Sita about his decision.
Dasaratha and Kaikeyi spend the eve of Rama's coronation discussing Kaikeyi's demands
Queen Kaikeyi hears about Rama's coronation from her old attendant Mantra.
Rama qualifies to be Yuvaraj
Dasaratha's Rama meets Parasurama and wields the divine Vishnu bow.
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