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Re: kamba rAmAyanam

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Hari Krishnan • October 24, 2002 


Thanks Sri Mani for that.  I was actually taken aback.  I have been studying Kamba Ramayana for the past about 25 years and is writing a daily column on both Kamban and Valmiki for more than 1 1/2 years now.  That came as a shock to me that Kamba Ramayana - nay, Ramayana as such (for the story of Subramanya etc., are not narrated in Kamban's version) - is regarded as something second grade, by Vaishnavas.  

Thanks again for this mail.

Sincerely,
Hari Krishnan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mani Varadarajan" 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: kamba rAmAyanam


| 
| Sri Padmanabhan,
| 
| None of this of course explains why Kamban is neglected, which
| was the original question. If anything, Kamban, being a formal
| Sri Vaishnava, should be even more acceptable, since he 
| writes his Ramayanam as a devout Rama-bhakta with the unquestionable 
| desire to depict Rama as the Supreme God.
| 
| regards,
| ramanuja dasan,
| Mani



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