Ramayana

Sri Lanka's newly-appointed tourism brand Ambassador and cricket legend Sanath Jayasuriya on Tuesday said his country will concentrate on promoting the Ramayana trail to Indian tourists

Mohammed Basith M and Mohammed Jabir won the online quiz conducted last month to mark the ongoing 'Ramayana Month'.

The inaugural Bharat Gaurav train, connecting destinations associated with Ramayana Circuit in India and Nepal, arrived in Nepal's Janakpur on Thursday with 500 tourists from India.

Lauding the India-Japan cultural ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 89th episode of his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday mentioned two Japanese, who have been staging Mahabharat and Ramayana in Asian countries.

The 18-day journey by the train, which has 11 third AC class coaches with an accommodation capacity of around 600 passengers, will cost a passenger Rs 62,370, the officials said.

Uttarakhand Education minister Dhan Singh Rawat on Monday said that Vedas, the Ramayana, and the Gita will be taught in schools across the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today handed out digital certificates to winners of the annual children's awards given as part of Republic Day celebrations. His interaction with one of the young awardees has drawn much interest.

The ruling Madhya Pradesh BJP, which champions Hindutva, and the opposition Congress, which has been treading the soft Hindutva line since 2018 in the state, have not shown any interest in the one-year long diploma course in Ramcharitmanas.

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday said he will learn Sanskrit and do a doctorate on the Mahabharata as he announced to set up a research centre on the Hindu texts Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bhagvad Gita.

With an aim to make the Diwali festival a grand celebration in Ayodhya as the construction of Ram Temple is underway, the sand artist recreated famous episodes of Ramayana including, 'Bharat Milap, and 'Ram Laxman.

Valmiki Jayanti is observed on the birth anniversary of Maharishi Valmiki, the sage who wrote the Ramayana. The day is also observed as Pragat Diwas.

BJP in Madhya Pradesh will hold a general knowledge competition based on the Hindu epic ''Ramayana'' and winners will get a chance to travel by air to UP's Ayodhya, where a grand Ram temple is being constructed, Tourism minister said.

In the lead-up to the Vijaya Dashmi celebrations, several chapters of the Ramayana are also enacted by young actors.

With the aim to promote religious tourism in the country, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has planned a series of "Shri Ramayana Yatra Train Tours" during the approaching festive season.

Pankaj Gupta, Vice President and site lead at Coinbase India, tweeted an interesting thread about what he described as a "totally random connection" between Ethereum and ancient epic Ramayana. Gupta's thread is specifically about Ethereum and the monkey army, better known in the country as "vaanar-sena."

Sri Lanka's newly-appointed tourism brand Ambassador and cricket legend Sanath Jayasuriya on Tuesday said his country will concentrate on promoting the Ramayana trail to Indian tourists

Mohammed Basith M and Mohammed Jabir won the online quiz conducted last month to mark the ongoing 'Ramayana Month'.

The inaugural Bharat Gaurav train, connecting destinations associated with Ramayana Circuit in India and Nepal, arrived in Nepal's Janakpur on Thursday with 500 tourists from India.

Lauding the India-Japan cultural ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 89th episode of his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday mentioned two Japanese, who have been staging Mahabharat and Ramayana in Asian countries.

The 18-day journey by the train, which has 11 third AC class coaches with an accommodation capacity of around 600 passengers, will cost a passenger Rs 62,370, the officials said.

Uttarakhand Education minister Dhan Singh Rawat on Monday said that Vedas, the Ramayana, and the Gita will be taught in schools across the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today handed out digital certificates to winners of the annual children's awards given as part of Republic Day celebrations. His interaction with one of the young awardees has drawn much interest.

The ruling Madhya Pradesh BJP, which champions Hindutva, and the opposition Congress, which has been treading the soft Hindutva line since 2018 in the state, have not shown any interest in the one-year long diploma course in Ramcharitmanas.

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday said he will learn Sanskrit and do a doctorate on the Mahabharata as he announced to set up a research centre on the Hindu texts Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bhagvad Gita.

With an aim to make the Diwali festival a grand celebration in Ayodhya as the construction of Ram Temple is underway, the sand artist recreated famous episodes of Ramayana including, 'Bharat Milap, and 'Ram Laxman.

Valmiki Jayanti is observed on the birth anniversary of Maharishi Valmiki, the sage who wrote the Ramayana. The day is also observed as Pragat Diwas.

BJP in Madhya Pradesh will hold a general knowledge competition based on the Hindu epic ''Ramayana'' and winners will get a chance to travel by air to UP's Ayodhya, where a grand Ram temple is being constructed, Tourism minister said.

In the lead-up to the Vijaya Dashmi celebrations, several chapters of the Ramayana are also enacted by young actors.

With the aim to promote religious tourism in the country, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has planned a series of "Shri Ramayana Yatra Train Tours" during the approaching festive season.

Pankaj Gupta, Vice President and site lead at Coinbase India, tweeted an interesting thread about what he described as a "totally random connection" between Ethereum and ancient epic Ramayana. Gupta's thread is specifically about Ethereum and the monkey army, better known in the country as "vaanar-sena."