Ramayana

About this book

"The Ramayana" is quite simply the greatest of Indian epics - and one of the worlds supreme masterpieces of storytelling. Here drawing his inspiration from the work of an eleventh-century Tamil poet called Kamban Narayan has used the talents of a master novelist to recreate the excitement and joy he has found in the original. It can be enjoyed and appreciated he suggests for its psychological insight its spiritual depth and its practical wisdom - or just as a thrilling tale of abduction battle and courtship played out in a universe thronged with heroes deities and demons.