Ramayana’s Author: Valmiki (HT)
For now, this is both my index of my Ramayana posts and other Hinduism posts (seen at the bottom).
Comparative Studies: Ramayana-Bible
- Vows: the Bible and the Ramayana: devastating vows in both traditions
- Disproportionate Revenge: Rama & Saul: older gods have shocking histories – all of them
- God-Man Issues: Jesus & Rama: shared theological conflicts
- Reclaiming Villains: Judas & Ravana: methods of challenging orthodoxy
- Longevity Myths: Bible & Ramayana
- Business Principles: Hindu & Christian
- The Power of the Name: Rama & Jesus (coming)
- Cleaning up Sita & Mary (coming)
- Apocryphal Books: Bible & Ramayana (coming)
- Offensive versions of the Ramayana & Bible (coming)
- Cleaning up the Ramayana & the Bible (coming)
- Eons and Yugas: Time in the Bible, the Ramayana , and Science (coming)
- Who Wrote the Torah and the Ramayana? (coming)
Ramayana & “Science”
- Rama used Nuclear Weapons: or so some people think
- Satellite proves the Ramayana true ! (coming)
- Curative Herbs in the Ramayana (coming)
Reference Information
- A Synopsis: read this first!
- Ramayana Sources: Links to translations, fiction and research
- Early Religious Scriptures (a diagram): See the Ramayana in a timeline with the Bible and others
- The Ramayana: Popularity and Length: A fun table and chart
- Ramayana: A Children’s Book: The text I first read to my daughter
- India’s Tumultuous Divisions: North vs. South India
- Hindu God Iconography: Great pics – a nice intro to just some of the Hindu “gods”
- Sanskrit Pointers: understanding spelling & pronunciation variations (coming)
Ramayana in Popular Culture
- Christian and Hindu Theme Parks: A new Ramayana Theme Park in Thailand
- Happy Birthday Bollywood: 100 years old – began with a silent film about Hindu myth
- Ramayana used to justify rape:
Other Hinduism Related Posts
- Hinduism was my Undoing: Critical to understand part of my reason for doing this series
- Monkey and Cat Religions: Different views of ”God”. Important in understanding the varieties of Hinduism
- Your God is Weird: a story of a common perception of Christians concerning Hinduism
- Holi Festival: My daughter and I visit a Hindu temple — anthropology may save your soul
- Mahabharata Index: Only 3 posts here. I hope to come back to the Mahabharata.
