Ramayana Masam (Malayalam: രാമായണ മാസം) is an important observance in the state of Kerala. It is observed in the month of ...

A painting of Rama dated 1816. Painted in South India (probably Thanjavur or Tiruchirapalli). In the chapter on Rasa, the normative Sanskrit text the Natya Shastra makes the following points: that ...

As the strains of Sufi music struck a chord with devotional Hindustani, Nisa Azeezi’s exploration of the Adhyatma Ramayana took listeners on an unusual divine journey. Ghazal and qawwali singer Nisa ...

Ramayana Month, locally known as Ramayana Masam, is a month-long period of devotion observed predominantly in Kerala during Karkidakam (Karkkadakam), the final month of the Malayalam calendar, usually ...

Karkidakom, the Malayalam month that falls in July-August, is an astronomical junction marked by several ritual observances. For generations of Malayalis, however, it was also the season of relentless ...

When you think of Ramayana, the first thing that strikes me is Adhyatma Ramayana, written by Thunchath Ezhuthachan, which I studied in the high school. Since of yore, Adhyatma Ramayana has been hailed ...

A video of a ruling CPI-M woman MLA’s recital of ‘Ramayana’ has become a hit on social media days after a controversy surfaced over a pro-Left outfit’s planned seminar series on the holy epic in ...

A video of a ruling CPI-M woman MLA’s recital of ‘Ramayana’ has become a hit on social media days after a controversy surfaced over a pro-Left outfit’s planned seminar series on the holy epic in ...

As rain clouds hover above the horizon and a veil of darkness shrouds the Malayalam month of Karkkidakam, chants of Adhyatma Ramayanam fill most Hindu homes. Karkkidakam is also called ‘Ramayana masam ...

For centuries, it has been a practice for Keralites to recite Thunchathu Ezhuthachan’s ‘Adhyatma Ramayanam’ each day throughout the month of Karkidakam. In the past, it was a matter of pride to become ...