The Ramayana-based folklore, bas-reliefs and art forms in Southeast Asian countries certainly prove the close cultural connection between India and Southeast Asia." ...

In India and in Southeast Asia, no one hears the Ramayana for the first time, said the folklorist AK Ramanujan. “The stories are there ‘always already’.” Reflecting on the pervasiveness of ...

This article is based on the research he’s conducting for his next book, a non-fiction work on the versions of the Ramayana across Southeast Asia to be published by Penguin Random House in 2025/26.

January 14-March 4, 2025 (No longer accepting participants). Islam Across Asia will introduce secondary social studies teachers to the history of Islam, tracing its origins in 7th-century Asia and its ...

The Ramayana found its way into the hearts of the people of Southeast Asia, where it became deeply embedded in the region's performing arts, architecture and literature.

A common theme is that many terms borrowed from Sanskrit form the basis of vocabulary for things regarding cosmology and self-conceptualization. As Bose discussed in her book on the “Ramayana” in ...

Not long ago South-East Asia’s conglomerates were star performers. Between 2003 and 2012 they generated an annualised shareholder return, including dividends, of 28%, compared with 20% for South ...

How the Ramayana has served as a cultural and diplomatic bridge among Southeast Asian countries Artists at the 10-day ASEAN-India Artists’ Camp in Shillong will showcase their interpretation of ...

Unlike the proliferation of merpeople as fantastical creatures in folklore and mythological traditions of other cultures, Suvannamaccha — Suvarnamatsya in Sanskrit — the Golden Mermaid is ...

Ram And The Many Ramayanas Outside India Over 300 Ramayana versions are known to exist, especially in South East Asia, when around the 12th and 13th centuries, this region received and imbibed ...

By K/Daily News Colombo, December 14: Sri Lanka is central to the Hindu epic the Ramayana, being the scene of the battle between the India ...