As long as the Mountains stand and Rivers flow, evergreen Ramayana will be everlasting!!!: Ramayana in Nepal

Besides being the site of discovery of the oldest surviving manuscript of the Ramayana, Nepal gave rise to two regional variants in mid 19th – early 20th century.

One, written by Bhanubhakta Acharya, is considered the first epic of Nepali language, while the other,
written by Siddhidas Mahaju in Nepal Bhasa was a foundational influence in the Nepal Bhasa renaissance.

Ramayana written by Bhanubhakta Acharya is one of the most popular verses in Nepal. The popularization of the Ramayana and its tale, originally written in Sanskrit Language was greatly enhanced by the work of Bhanubhakta. Mainly because of his writing of Nepali Ramayana, Bhanubhakta is also called Aadi Kavi or The Pioneering Poet.

Sri Hari!

Oh! Lord Sriman Narayana! I may have erred whilst construction of, writing of, pronouncing of - sentences, words, consonants, improper grammar, verb, vowels - of the divine slokas and discourses. I may have also forgotten to put the punctuation marks due to my ignorance in understanding the heavenly idiom. Oh Lord, Ganesha! may my flaws be overlooked for they are out of my ignorance. I seek you to pardon me for all the commissions and omissions for they are involuntary and kindly bless me for the sincere endeavor. - Anand Sundaresan

C.R Commentary to Bhajagovindam - never to forget!

“Adi Shankaracharya wrote a number of Vedantic works for imparting knowledge of the Self and the Universal Spirit. He also composed a number of hymns to foster Bhakti in the hearts of men. One of these hymns is the famous Bhaja Govindam. The way of devotion, is not different from the way of knowledge or Jnana. When intelligence matures and lodges securely in the mind, it becomes wisdom. When wisdom is integrated with life and issues out in action, it becomes Bhakti. Knowledge, when it becomes fully mature is Bhakti. If it does not get transformed into Bhakti, such knowledge is useless tinsel. To believe that Jnana and Bhakti, knowledge and devotion are different from each other, is ignorance. If Sri Adi Shankara himself who drank the ocean of Jnana as easily as one sip’s water from the palm of one’s hand, sang in his later years, hymns to develop devotion, it is enough to show that Jnana and Bhakti are one and the same. Sri Shankara has packed into the Bhaja GovindaM song: the substance of all vedanta, and set the oneness of Jnana and Bhakti to melodious music.”

As long as the Mountains stand and Rivers flow, evergreen Ramayana will be everlasting!!!

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Ramayana in Nepal

Vedic divisions of time

Genealogy of the Ramayana

Complete Genealogy of the Mahabharata

Complete genealogy of the lines of Bharata including Suryavansha, Somavansha, Saptarishis, Devas,

Some Facts

Gandhi and Rajagopalachari

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