16th century) in Awadhi (which is an eastern form of Hindi)ДЄn English Indologist Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith, among the first Europeans to translate the Vedas into English said the Ramcharitmanas was more honoured than the bible is by the corresponding classes in England.

16th century) who lived in Paithan, a great centre of learning and religion.TulsidasвЂ™ Ramcharitamanas (c. In Marathi it was Sant EknathвЂ™s Bhavarth Ramayan (c. 15th century), Sarala DasвЂ™ Vilanka Ramayana and Balarama DasaвЂ™s Dandi Ramayana also known as the Jagamohan Ramayana written in 16th century in Odia language. 14th century), Krittibas OjhaвЂ™s Krittivasi Ramayan also known as Shri Ram Panchali is written in Bengali (c.

Madhava KandaliвЂ™s Saptakanda Ramayana is in Assamese (c. In Kannada language it was Pampa Ramayana or Ramchandracharit Purana by poet Nagachandra. There are several Jain versions of Ramayana composed in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in medieval times. In Malayalam, it was Ramacharitam besides Thunchaththu EzhuthachanвЂ™s вЂAdhyathmaramayanamвЂ™. Sri Ranganatha Ramayanamu, also known as Gona Budda Reddy, written between 13 A.D by Chakrapani Ranganath is one of the most famous adaptions of the Valmiki Ramayana in Telugu, a language spoken by the people of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Ramayana in Telugu and Malayalam and was an important source in taking this story of Sri Ram to southeast Asia. This was the first adaptation in a language other than Sanskrit. Uttarakanda of the Ramayana was widely known in KambanвЂ™s Ramavataram in Tamil (c. It was Kulashekhara Alvar, who laid the foundation of Sri RamвЂ™s worship in Tamilnadu. Ramayana became popular in Tamil Nadu due to Alvar and Nayannar saints in the 7th and 8th centuries. However, RamвЂ™s life in Gujarati was first narrated in the 14th century. In Gujarat, between the sixth and the mid-seventh century, Bhartrihari in Valabhi wrote Ravanavadha or Bhatti Kavya, depicting the life of Sri Ram upto his coronation. TH Griffith, who translated ValmikiвЂ™s Ramayana, вЂThe Ramayan of VГЎlmГkiвЂ™(published in 1895) asks, вЂњHow could an epic so dear in India to the memory of the people, so deeply rooted for many centuries in the minds of all, so propagated and diffused through all the dialects and languages of those regions, which had become the source of many dramas, which are still represented in India, which is itself represented with such magnificence year after year and to such crowds of people in the neighbourhood of Ayodhya, a poem which at its very birth was welcomed with such fervour as the legend relates, that the recitation of it by the first wandering rhapsodists, has consecrated and made famous all the places visited by them, and where Rama made a longer or shorter stay, how I ask, could such an epic have been purely allegorical?'. This is proved by the fact that Ramayana, which tells the story of Rama, has been one of the most translated texts with hundreds of local versions across languages and regions. Sri RamвЂ™s life and deeds are pure manifestation of these values of rightfulness, truthfulness, and compassion.

Almost five centuries of struggle for the construction of Sri Ram temple at Ayodhya is aimed at creating something that is manifestation of eternally inspirational BharatвЂ™s civilisational values.

Tulsikrit ramayan in gujarati