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PM Modi to inaugurate Maharishi Valmiki International Airport Ayodhya Dham

The Ayodhya airport, spread over an area of 6,500 square metres, will be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on December 30. The airport is being named after Valmiki, the author of Ramayana

Include Ramayana and Mahabharata in the textbooks, recommends NCERT panel

The NCERT panel recommends adding Ramayana and Mahabharata in textbooks. The committee also recommended to write the Preamble of the Indian constitution on the walls

Allahabad University to teach management lessons using Gita, Ramayana

Students will be taught management from the decisions of top industrialists like JRD Tata, Azim Premji, Dhirubhai Ambani, Sunil Mittal and Narayan Murthy

Nitesh Tiwari to shoot Ramayana, starring Ranbir, Yash and Sai Pallavi

Director Nitesh Tiwari is making Ramayana in three parts. The movie stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi as Maa Sita, and Yash as Ravana. The shoot will begin next year

Govt to gift two booklets to G20 delegates on Indian democracy, elections

The booklets, titled "Bharat, The Mother of Democracy" and "Elections in India", will be presented to the visiting dignitaries during the G20 Summit

Adipurush controversy: Ramanand Sagar's 'Ramayan' returning to TV on July 3

During the coronavirus-induced lockdown, when film and television shoots were halted, Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan was aired again and received widespread acclaim

Why Ramayana adaptation Adipurush is in the eye of storm in Nepal, India

Protests have erupted over reference to Sita as India's daughter, and dialogues, graphics that are seen as banal, shoddy

Cine workers' association writes to PM Modi asking for ban on Adipurush

AICWA called for an FIR to be filed against director Om Raut, writer Manoj Muntashir Shukla and producers of the film

Gita Press gets Gandhi Peace Prize 2021; all you need to know about it

The decision to bestow the Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 on Gita Press was made by a jury led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday

Ayodhya Ram temple head priest demands immediate ban on 'Adipurush'

The head priest of Ram temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday demanded an immediate ban on Bollywood movie 'Adipurush', alleging that it has wrongly portrayed Lord Ram, Hanuman and Ravana. A 1.46-minute teaser of the movie was launched on Sunday in Ayodhya, and has been receiving blowback since then. The way in which Ravana has been depicted is absolutely wrong and condemnable. Through the media, we demand an immediate ban on the film, priest Satyendra Das, who was here on the occasion of the annual Vijay Rath Yatra, told the media. He said 'Adipurush', a big budget adaptation of the Ramayana and directed by Om Raut of 'Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior' fame, doesn't show Lord Rama and Hanuman as mentioned in the epic either and hence goes against their dignity. BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh, who was here to attend a separate 'Shastra Puja', said it appears that such controversies are being created deliberately. Making a film is not a crime. They should be made but creating deliberate controversie

BJP slams 'Adipurush' director Om Raut for 'misrepresentation' of Ramayana

Actor and BJP spokesperson has slammed filmmaker Om Raut for "misrepresentation" of Ramayana and the way he has portrayed the character of Raavana in the teaser of his upcoming period epic 'Adipurush'

Ayodhya gears for new look; Ramayana Museum to be the highlight: Report

As Ayodhya gears up for a new look with the grand Ram temple as the epicentre, an international level 'Ramayan a Museum and Cultural Centre' will be a major attraction.

Actor Arun Govil, Lord Ram of TV show 'Ramayan', joins BJP

Govil, 63, has acted in films in several languages including Hindi and Bhojpuri.

A swayamvar and a high-maintenance bride

The analogy of Sita's swayamvar seems to work perfectly for the sale of Air India

Barack Obama spent childhood years listening to Ramayan and Mahabharat

Barack Obama said that he has always held a special place for India due to his childhood years spent in Indonesia listening to the epic Hindu tales of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata

Diwali shows how ancient tales in epics become part of religious practice

Among Hindu families, many claim the festival celebrates the defeat of the evil demon king Ravana by Rama - an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu

Viewership trends reveal the power of free platforms, regional content

For many who believe that TV is dead, this tells you a different story

Who'll watch it? Prasar Bharati CEO recalls reactions before Ramayan re-run

Ramayan's four episodes a day format was based on the assumption of a 15-day lockdown

Devdutt Pattanaik's new book overlooks questionable aspects of Hinduism

A readable account of a devotee and mythologist's visit to 32 sites overlooks or romanticises several questionable aspects of Hinduism, writes Chintan Girish Modi

77 mn viewers: Ramayan breaks records, becomes world's most-watched show

Ramanand Sagar had made a total of 78 episodes of this serial based on Valmiki's Ramayana and Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas.