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Telugu has a very rich literary tradition, starting in the 11th century CE. Although there are more than forty adaptions of the Valmiki Ramayana which are partly or completely in Telugu, only four adaptions have covered the entire theme of the original epic. They are Ranganatha Ramayanam, Bhaskara Ramayanam, Molla Ramayanam, and Ramayana ...
Andhra Pradesh – The Sri Ranganatha Ramayanam was adapted by Gona Budda Reddy and is the Telugu version of the Ramayana between 1300 and 1310 CE. The Molla Ramayanamu was adapted by poet Molla . The most extensive work in Telugu is that of Sri Viswanadha Satyanarayana , called the Srimadramayana Kalpavrukshamu .
His Ranganatha Ramayanam was a pioneering work in the Telugu language on the theme of the Ramayana epic. Most scholars believe he wrote it between 1200 and 1210 A.D., possibly with help from his family. [2] The work has become part of cultural life in Andhra Pradesh and is used in puppet shows. [1]
Gona Ganna Reddy (r. 1262 – 1296 CE) [1] was a military chieftain and an influential figure during the Kakatiya dynasty.He ruled Vardhamaanapuram (now Nandi Vaddeman) in present-day Nagarkurnool district and was a loyal supporter of Rani Rudrama Devi, one of the few female rulers in Indian history.
The Telugu rendition, Ranganatha Ramayanam, was written by Gona Budda Reddy in the 13th century and another of a purer Telugu rendition, called Molla Ramayanam written by Atukuri Molla in the 15th century. The earliest translation to a regional Indo-Aryan language is the 14th-15th century Saptakanda Ramayana in Assamese by Madhava Kandali.
Symbolic representation of Ranganatha and Nataraja has been compared as the meaning of both is the same except for their locations. In Ranganatha, ranga means "stage" and which in the broadest sense refers to "the world, the cosmos or better still of the body and the senses".
Three Hundred Rāmāyaṇas is a scholarly essay that summarizes the history of the Rāmāyaṇa and its spread across India and Asia over a period of 2,500 years or more. . It seeks to demonstrate factually how the story of Rama has undergone numerous variations while being transmitted across different languages, societies, geographical regions, religions, and historical perio
The Ramayana (Narayan book), a 1972 English translation of Kamba Ramayana; Ramayana (Rajagopalachari book), a 1957 abridged retelling of the Ramayana in English; Ramayana in Human Physiology, a 2011 book by Tony Nader; Sampoorna Ramayana, 1961 Hindi film directed by Babubhai Mistry; Sampoorna Ramayanam, a 1971 Telugu film directed by Bapu