[an error occurred while processing this directive] More than 2,000 years old and 24,000 verses long, the Ramayana is one of the most important Hindu myths. A minutely detailed manuscript of the epic from the 17th century has gone on display for the first time in the British Library, a severely abridged version of which can be seen below. The life of RamaThe Ramayana is the epic tale of Rama, eldest son of the King of Ayodhya. One of the King's wives forces Rama to to relinquish his right to the crown and he is exiled to the forest for 14 years. |
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