Ramayanam
for many of us Rama is God, and for others he is just a mythical figure. the former is as hard to prove as to disprove the latter. well I don't need any proofs, its just a beleif and I like it that way.
Valmiki Ramyanam doesn't glorify Rama as a God. Instead it just presents a plain and straight portrayal of Rama as an ordinary king. its more like a contemporary account on Rama. thats the beauty of it.
Kamba Ramayanam, an epic in tamil written by the great poet Kambar, does glorify the divinity of Lord Rama. one can actually find a good deal of difference between the Valmiki and Kambar version of the same story.
Both these epics offers us a lot. you don't need to even believe the actual story, just read to enjoy it, and ofcourse learn too :) particularly Kamba Ramayanam, its something guys. tamil at its best, thats all I can say about it.
fortunately, dhool.com is having a series on the same and they are posting verses with meanings too. read and enjoy :)
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Thanks very much for the link, Saranyan.
indian voter, you are welcome :)
Good link paran.
One question though, are you refering to Ramayanam and Kamba Ramyanam as two epics, or is Mahabharata supposed to be the other.
Either ways, somehow Mahabharata interests me more than Ramayana, more so because of all the action and stuff. Kinda like Tamil movies :)
Ranga, I refered to the same story as epics, coz though they are essentially the same, they differ in a lot of ways, thats why.
Ramayan is great because, Rama never knew he was an avatar, and committed all the normal mistakes any human would do. But Krishna, on the other hand, knew who he was, atleast thats what the story says. that makes Ramayan great.
Yap agree with you. Just take the good.
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