Vedic Katha
The Valmiki Ramayana says Rama ruled Ayodhya for 11,000 years in the Treta Yuga, and that he departed by walking into the river Sarayu, returning to…
How long did Lord Rama live, how many years did he rule, and how long ago was he born? These are among the most-asked questions about Rama, and the Ramayana gives surprisingly precise answers, though they…
According to the Valmiki Ramayana, Rama ruled Ayodhya for eleven thousand years. The figure appears in the very first canto, which foretells his reign with the words dasha-varsha-sahasrani dasha-varsha-shatani…
The Ramayana unfolds in the Treta Yuga, the second of the four world-ages, when human lifespans are said to have been immense.
There are two very different answers. In the traditional, scriptural reckoning, Rama was born in the Treta Yuga, which in strict Puranic chronology ended many hundreds of thousands of years ago, a sacred,…
Rama did not die as mortals do. The Uttara Kanda tells that when his time on earth was complete, Yama, the lord of time, came to him, and Rama walked into the river Sarayu at Ayodhya in a final jala-samadhi,…
Before departing, Rama blessed two devotees to remain in the world as Chiranjivis, the ever-living: Hanuman, so that he might dwell wherever Rama's name is sung, and Vibhishana, the righteous brother of Ravana…
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