If you have looked at any of my past reading notes posts, or have taken a glance at my ideas for a storyboard, then you can mostly likely take a good guess and which story or stories were my favorite in this part of the Ramayana epic. If you guessed that the final battle between Rama and Ravana, you were correct! The three stories,
Indra's Chariot, Battle of Rama and Ravana, and Ravana's Death were by far the greatest stories to me and ones that I could see myself retelling. The whole story comes full circle here. You have the hero Rama, the villain Ravana, finally duking it out in a final match together. Finally the god's initial plan comes full circle and can be completed. All Rama's friends that he had made to help him on his journey to get to this place come together. The celestial weapons that Rama had obtained get to do their final job. Finally, in the end all peace is brought back to the land. I have been watching and listening to a lot of westerns lately and can definitely see this battle played out on the old west set. The hero great and pure calls out the bandit that had been terrorizing the town. With the help of a friend and a magical six shooter, maybe the hero can rid the town of evil and bring back peace. It has been shown a million times on the big screen but maybe with this Indian twist to it, it can seem a little different.
Bibliography
Ramayana, The Epic of Rama, Prince of India, condensed into English verse by Romesh Dutt (1899)
Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita (1914)
Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913), and the verse portion comes from Ramayana, The Epic of Rama, Prince of India, condensed into English verse by Romesh Dutt (1899)
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