14 Pictures That Tell Us Ramayana Might Have Actually Happened When they say Hanuman set Lanka on fire what they actually mean is he set fire to certain parts of Raavans palace. The ground here is said to be somewhat black which is nothing like the surrounding area. The picture below is from Ussangoda, which according to mythology was the landing strip for Raavans Pushpak Vimaan. After Ram rescued Sita from Lanka, he made her go through Agni Pariksha to test her purity. The place where this is said to have happened is Divurumpola in Sri Lanka. There is a tree in that exact spot and even today, local disputes are settled through debates and discussions under that tree. The fact that these places actually exist is perhaps not enough to prove Ramayana actually happened. But then again, we need to understand that this epic was not written as one definite piece of text. Valmiki collected data from different sources and combined them with his own knowledge of events, (curated content FTW!) which was largely passed down orally through the years. And then other writers too contributed to it by adding details. The thing is, it is a little pointless to argue about the historical accuracy of the Ramayana. Whether it happened or not, is not as important as the message of good triumphing over evil it has spread throughout the passage of time.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 05:04:09 +0000
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