Ramayana - Another Great Epic

Was there any exchange of thoughts on whose role was more sincere / dharmic.

I mean KUMBAKARNA or VIBISHANA .

The former stood by his brother and died for him

The latter was thrown out by his brother and went straight to Ram and took shelter. Also was instrumental in telling Ram , the finer aspect of how to eliminate Ravan.

Lets discuss who was more sincere.

I take the side of VIBEESHANA.

He tried to persuade, on his failure to persuade his bro, he went on to take the side of RIGHTEOUSNESS.

A quality NOT MANY CAN POSSESS :clap:


Sir leosimha,

Yes, I think its vEdavathi :?
Like I said, I am quite forgetful :(

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Originally Posted by Nakeeran

In one telugu movie, they show Ravana also participating in that test of lifting the bow and commissioning it ( I mean , the event when Ram enters Mithila and breaks the bow and also marries Sita ).
ofcouse, Ravana fails to put the naan into the bow and loses the challenge .
How far is it true ? Did Ravana see Sita earlier in that case ?

Unfortunately, we see too many such things in movies and very difficult to conclude which version is authenticated.

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R u talking about ShivaThanushu???

Yes Raghu sir.

The dhanusu which Sri Ram will lift it and while trying to tie the knot, it will break.

Any idea if Ravan was present there ? We cant trust telugu movies. At times, they do their value add. I have seen some horrible movies like Rama -Hanuman yudham !

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Originally Posted by Nakeeran

Yes Raghu sir.

The dhanusu which Sri Ram will lift it and while trying to tie the knot, it will break.

Any idea if Ravan was present there ? We cant trust telugu movies. At times, they do their value add. I have seen some horrible movies like Rama -Hanuman yudham !

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No, Never heard of it, as far as i know Sita's Father ONLY invited kings from India not Lanka...

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Originally Posted by Nakeeran

In one telugu movie, they show Ravana also participating in that test of lifting the bow and commissioning it ( I mean , the event when Ram enters Mithila and breaks the bow and also marries Sita ).
ofcouse, Ravana fails to put the naan into the bow and loses the challenge .
How far is it true ? Did Ravana see Sita earlier in that case ?

Unfortunately, we see too many such things in movies and very difficult to conclude which version is authenticated.

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Again, a good question? Some say yes and some say no. Some say that even though Ravana was not invited, he came to the Kingdom of Janaka as he had heard a lot about Sita's beauty.

I wish to thank Raghu for starting this wonderful thread and ALL the others (Mr Sudhaama, Mr Hari Krishnan, Mr Badri and Mr Viggop) for sharing so many valuable information on Lord Shri Ram.

Being in a foreign country since my childhood, I have only had a few occasions to be exposed to such interesting discussions! I used to think and wish to be in India so that I could have my questions about Ramayanam, Mahabaratha and Hinduism answered.

Having gone through the 30 pages of this thread... it is almost as if most of my questions on Ramayanam have been answered!

So again thank you all!!!

Vasanth.

PS: Is there any good translation of Ramayanam in english available on the net?

Hello,

Unfortunatly most of the links (from chennailonline.com) provided by Mr Harikrishnan are not working anymore...

Does anybody know where else I can find his articles? Character studies, details on some specific episodes of the Ramayana, etc.

Thanks in advance,
Vasanth.

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Originally Posted by Vaz

I wish to thank Raghu for starting this wonderful thread and ALL the others (Mr Sudhaama, Mr Hari Krishnan, Mr Badri and Mr Viggop) for sharing so many valuable information on Lord Shri Ram.

Being in a foreign country since my childhood, I have only had a few occasions to be exposed to such interesting discussions! I used to think and wish to be in India so that I could have my questions about Ramayanam, Mahabaratha and Hinduism answered.

Having gone through the 30 pages of this thread... it is almost as if most of my questions on Ramayanam have been answered!

So again thank you all!!!

Vasanth.

PS: Is there any good translation of Ramayanam in english available on the net?

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Dear vasanth

No problem, if you are in UK, u can buy these books at the ISKON centres in London, it is near Oxford circus station, would you like further info:)

Have you visited my other threads called Mahabharth and 63 Gnayanmarghal Maheshwar Bakthas??