“Ramleela”
is a beautiful dramatic version of the Hindu epic “Ramayana” describes the life
story of Lord Rama. Ramleela is played for ten days and ends with the battle
between Lord Rama and ten headed king Ravana (as per Hindu epic “Ramayana”) in
which Ravana was killed by Lord Rama.
Ramayana was
written by Sage Valmiki, which constrained 24,000 Sanskrit verses. Later Sage Tulsi Das wrote the hindi version
with 16,000 Dohas (Shlokas or poetry) . The Ramacharitmas by Sage Tulsi Das
divides Ramayan into seven chapters called Kaands, namely Bal Kaand, Ayodhya
Kaand, Aranya Kaand, Kishkindha Kaand, Sunder Kaand, Lanka Kaand and Uttar
Kaand.
Bal
Kaand : It starts from the birth of Lord
Ram, his childhood and his marriage to Sita.
The Ayodhya
Kaand : It describes the preparations for Lord Ram’s coronation and than his 14
years exile into the forest.
Aranya Kaand
: It describes how Lord Rama spent his life in the forest during exile and
during the period his wife Sita was kidnapped
of by the King Ravana.
Kishkindha
Kaand : In this Lord Rama meets Hanuman who was the blind follower of Lord Rama
and also Hanumaan with his devotion to Lord Rama is describes as GOD by Hindus.
This chapter also describes destruction of Vanara (Monkey) King, Bali, and the
coronation of Bali’s younger brother, Sugriv, for the Kingdom of Kishkindha.
Sundar Kaand
: This chapter is very holy as it describes the hanuman flying to Lanka, the
kingdom of Ravana and meeting with Sita.
Lanka Kaand :
As the meaning suggest this chapter describes the battle between the armies of
Lord Rama and the Demon King, Ravana, in Which Ravana was killed along with his
brother Kumbhkarn and son Meghnath.
Uttar Kaand :
Sita gives birth to Luv and Kush in the forest , and they meet Lord Rama and
finally coronated to the throne of
Ayodhya, and then Lord Ram’s departs from the world.
Many movies
and TV series are made in India inspired from the Epic “Ramayana”. In the late
nineteen eighties (late 1980s), TV series
Ramayana became the most watched TV series in India.
