{"id":414,"date":"2013-10-12T21:27:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/10\/the-ramayana-for-western-audiences.html"},"modified":"2014-07-27T18:10:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T23:10:00","slug":"the-ramayana-for-western-audiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/10\/the-ramayana-for-western-audiences.html","title":{"rendered":"The Ramayana: For Western Audiences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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Studying Hinduism? Introduce your students to the Ramayana with this essay <\/a>by Daljit Nagra. He\u2019s written a new book<\/a> about the fantastical stories of Rama and Sita which make up the great Indian epic, the Ramayana.\u00a0In an essay for the Guardian<\/a>,\u00a0Nagra explains the popularity of the tales, their history, and their importance to Hindus.<\/p>\n

In 1987 and 1988, Indian television serialized the epic for an audience of over 100,000,000 people.<\/p>\n

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