Ramayana_(Rajagopalachari_book)

<i>Ramayana</i> (Rajagopalachari book)

Ramayana (Rajagopalachari book)

Book by C. Rajagopalachari

Ramayana is a retelling of the epic by C. Rajagopalachari. It was first published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1957.[1] This book is an abridged English retelling of the Valmiki Ramayana; he had earlier published a version of Kamba Ramayanam.[2] Rajaji considered this book and his Mahabharata to be his greatest service to his countrymen.

For a 1972 English translation of Ramayana by R. K. Narayan, see The Ramayana (Narayan book).
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As of 2001, the book had sold over a million copies.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Ramayana and Mahabharata: catalogue of books in the Sahitya Akademi Library. Sahitya Akademi. 1987. p. 6. OCLC 29798356.
  2. [2]
    Complete works of Gosvami Tulsidas. Vol. 4. Varanasi : Prachya Prakashan. 1978. p. 419. OCLC 6124096.
  3. [3]
    "PM releases one millionth book of Ramayana". The Hindu. 20 December 2001. Archived from the original on 20 February 2002. Retrieved 31 August 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)


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