Ramayana

Ramayana
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Ramayana (रामायण, rāmāyaṇa) chronicles the life and story of Lord Rama.

The Sanskrit epic, composed by Sage Valmiki, contains 24,000 verses. However, a widely popular version in North India is the Ramcharitmanas, which was written in a dialect of Hindi (Avadhi) by Saint Tulsidas.



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