Indian Epics Blog

Ravana's Death: Wikimedia Commons Okay, do you remember where we left off? Sita has been taken away by the evil Ravana. Rama was heartbroken and wept for many days. He searched and searched for Sita. "Is my beautiful Sita here?" he asked the mountains. "I am sorry, but no" wept the mountains.  "Is my love hiding in your shallows?" he asked the river. "No, my dear Rama" wept the river, causing flooding of the nearby lands. Rama and Lakshmana then came upon the kingdom Kiskinda, which was ruled by a monkey race that were extraordinarily intelligent and had godly parentage. One of the most intelligent of these monkey's was Hanuman, the companion and helper of Sugreeva, the chief of Kiskinda. Hanuman sees Rama enter the kingdom and is so curious to know who he was, he decides to go talk to him! Hanuman changes his form to appear as a scholar instead of monkey to perhaps trick Rama. "Hello, my name is Hanuman and I am a scholar who has lo...

  Rama and Sita: Wikimedia Commons Hanuman landed in Lanka and shrunk down to an unnoticeable size so that he could search for Sita. Hanuman finally found Sita and she looked dirty. Ravana was trying to console her into becoming his prime mistress. Sita declined as she has been since the beginning. Ravana was angry and told the guards surrounding her to break her will. Sita then was planning on hanging herself on a nearby tree when the guards left. Hanuman slowly went towards Sita as not to scare her. He told her of Rama's search and gave her Rama's ring. She was overjoyed and gave Hanuman a memento of hers to give Rama. Hanuman then became huge again and destroyed many parts of Lanka. He shrunk down and allowed himself to be captured so he could warn Ravana of Rama. This angered Ravana and he set his tail on fire. So, Hanuman grew huge again and set most of Lanka on fire with his tail and then hastened back to Rama's camp. Ravana then had his city rebuilt by the architect ...

  Hanuman: pixabay Rama and Lakshmana journey southwards following Sita's trail by hearsay and hints. They reach the kingdom of Kiskinda, which was ruled by a monkey race that were extraordinarily intelligent and had godly parentage.  Hanuman, the companion and helper of Sugreeva who is the son of the sun god and chief of Kiskinda, sees Rama and studies him. Is he a warrior or an ascetic? Too curious to turn away, Hanuman confronts Rama and Lakshmana. They tell Hanuman who they are and why they were there. Hanuman believes them and turns from his scholarly form into his true monkey form. Hanuman then tells them of Sugreeva and his story. Sugreeva is the brother of Vali, who has immeasurable strength due to churning Mount Meru to create nectar for the gods. Everyone and all of nature was afraid of Vali due to this strength. One day, a demon named Mayavi challenged Vali and then retreated into the underworld. Vali followed him into the underworld and did not return immediately. ...