Ramayana Epic Sand Art Short Film by Lawrence Koh

The Ramayana or Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit: रमयणम, Rāmāyaṇam), is the first of two Sanskrit itihāsas (ancient Indian heroic epic poem) traditionally ascribed to the Hindu muni (sage) Vālmīkithe other one being the Mahābhārata attributed to Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa. The epic narrates the life of Rāma, a legendary rājakumāra (prince) of Kośala, his banishment from his kingdom by his father king Daśaratha, his travels across forests in India with his wife Sītā and brother Lakṣmaṇa, the kidnap of his wife by his en