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Ramayana is one of the ancient Indian epics. According to Robert P. Goldman, the oldest parts of the Ramayana date to the mid-8th century BCE. [1] The story is narrated by the saint poet Valmiki and tells the tale of Prince Rama of the city of Ayodhya, who is banished into the forest, accompanied by his wife Sita and half-brother Lakshmana.
Rama and Hanuman fighting Ravana, an album painting on paper from Tamil Nadu, ca 1820. The Mandapam at The Ranganathasamy Temple, Srirangam where Kambar is believed to have first recited the epic The Ramavataram , popularly referred to as Kamba Ramayanam , is a Tamil epic that was written by the Tamil poet Kambar during the 12th century.
The Ramayana became popular in Southeast Asia from the 8th century onward and was represented in literature, temple architecture, dance and theatre. Today, dramatic enactments of the story of the Ramayana, known as Ramlila, take place all across India and in many places across the globe within the Indian diaspora.
Kambar, or Kavichakravarthy Kamban (1180 CE–1250 CE), [1] was an Indian poet and the author of the Ramavataram, popularly known as Kambaramayanam, the Tamil version of the epic Ramayana. [2] Kambar also authored other literary works in Tamil, such as Tirukkai Valakkam, Erelupatu , Silai Elupatu , Kangai Puranam , Sadagopar Antati and ...
In 1958, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his retelling of the Ramayana – Chakravarti Thirumagan. [2] In 1916, Rajaji started the Tamil Scientific Terms Society. [3] This society coined new words in Tamil for terms connected to botany, chemistry, physics, astronomy and mathematics. [3]
The Rama Natakam is a Tamil Opera that was written by the Tamil poet Arunachala Kavi also known as Arunachala Kavirayar during the 18th century. Based on Kambar's and Valmiki's Ramayana (which is in Tamil and Sanskrit) , the opera describes the legend of King Rama of Ayodhya.
The Akanāṉūṟu has a reference to the Ramayana in poem 70. The poem places a triumphant Rama at Dhanushkodi, sitting under a Banyan tree, involved in some secret discussions, when the birds are chirping away. [7] This seems to indicate that the story of the Ramayana was familiar in the Tamil lands before the Kamba Ramayanam of the 12th ...
Story of Manmata, the god of love Ravana. Story of the asura king Ravana, Rama's nemesis in the Ramayana. Valmiki. Story of Adi Kavi Valmiki, the author of the Ramayana who is said to have discovered the first śloka that set the base for Sanskrit poetry. Draupadi. Story of Draupadi, the wife of the Pandavas in the Mahabharatha. Nala