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== Ramayana - Not Symbolic ==

== Ramayana - Not Symbolic ==

Ramayana is a itihasa or history, but not the history, currently taught in schools, which is more a collection of dates. They do not make any legacy. Ramayana is not like that. In the word, itihasa, iti means thus happening and will happen in future. For example Dasharatha represents a legacy. Through Ramayana, emotionally he affects us, socially makes us more apt and intellectually teaches us.

Ramayana is a itihasa or history, but not the history, currently taught in schools, which is more a collection of dates. They do not make any legacy. Ramayana is not like that. In the word, itihasa, iti means thus happening and will happen in future. For example [[Dasharatha (दशरथ:)|Dasharatha]] represents a legacy. Through Ramayana, emotionally he affects us, socially makes us more apt and intellectually teaches us.

Every character in Ramayana is reality and not symbolic. When symbolism is brought at the cost of history, the history itself gets destroyed.

Every character in Ramayana is reality and not symbolic. When symbolism is brought at the cost of history, the history itself gets destroyed.