"It is not easy to convince the literary world at this late hour of the day that there is, unsuspected by the greater part of it, a Tamil poet who is தக்கை இராமாயணம் - with Commentary by Na Ganesan Ramavataram will stand favourable comparison with the Mahabharata,
Patriot, would claim for Kamban's Ramavataram an 'individuality'ĭistinct from Valmeeki's. Lovers of Tamil who have not been entranced by its beauty ofĮxpression, richness of imagery and ethical grandeur. Literature and an exemplary literary masterpiece. Story in six books, is both a landmark in the history of Tamil Kavicakravarti Kamban's Ramavataram, Rama's Poets of this sacred land to retell Rama's glorious life in their History, legend and a poem unmatchably sublime, supremely artisticĪnd magnificently dramatic." Valmeeki, the adikavi, has inspired the Mahayogi Sri Aurobindo has declared, "The Ramayana is at once "The Ramayana is not a mere 'story' nor is it a mere 'epic poem'. Kamba Ramayanam: An English prose rendering - H. * R.K.Narayan: The Ramayana � A Shortened Modern Prose Sections contains approximately 12,000 verses of the epic. The Kandams areįurther divided into 123 sections called Padalam (படலம்). Into six chapters called Kandam(காண்டம்) - Bala Kandam (Chapter:Ĭhildhood பால காண்டம்), Ayodhya Kandam (Chapter: Ayodhya அயோத்யா காண்டம்),Īranya Kandam (Chapter: Forest ஆரண்ய காண்டம்)Kishkinta Kandam (Chapter: Kambar and the Kamba Rasam polemic of polymath Anna - Sachi Sri Kantha, 15 Ramayanam: A Study in English - V.V.S.Aiyar