Abduction of Sita: Ravana deceives and kidnaps Sita, taking her to his kingdom in Lanka.Sita and Lakshmana choose to join him in the forest. Exile: Rama is exiled from Ayodhya for 14 years due to palace intrigue.Ravana: The ten-headed demon king of Lanka who abducts Sita.Hanuman: The devoted monkey god and a staunch ally of Rama.Sita: Rama’s wife and the incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi.Rama: The prince of Ayodhya and the seventh avatar of Vishnu.
Authorship and Origin: Attributed to the sage Valmiki, the Ramayana is believed to have been written between the 4th and 2nd centuries BCE.Here’s a summary with its main highlights: The Ramayana is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Mahabharata. You can buy the print version here: link.įor the long word-by-word translation of Ramayana in four volumes, please see this post: The complete Ramayana in English. Download the free ebook Ramayana here: Ramayana
