After pro-Left outfit, Cong organisation to observe 'Ramayana

: The annual 'Ramayana month' seems to be taking on a political colour in Kerala this year as a Congress outfit is also gearing up to hold several programmes to mark the period after a pro-Left organisation.

Vichar Vibhag, the cultural wing of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), today announced a series of programmes, including 'Ramayana Parayana' (recitation of the epic) and seminars to mark the annual month of rituals.

'Karkkitakam', the last month in the Malayalam calendar beginning on July 17 this year, is generally observed as 'Ramayana month' in the southern state by the Hindu community.

According to Vibhag sources,the one-month-long programmes have been organised under the banner "Ramayanam Nammudethanu, "Nadinte Nanmayanu" (Ramayana is ours,It is the goodness of society).

Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala would inaugurate the programmes on July 17
The programmes would begin with 'Ramayana parayanam' in the morning, party sources said