Vyas is the term given to the stage directors in the traditional Ram Lila (the name given to any public theatrical production of the Ramay...

  Vishnu Purana is a Hindu epic that tells the story of Lord Vishnu and his One of the eighteen traditional puranas, which comprised an im...

  Philosophical idea present in the Mahabharata and Ramayana, two classic Sanskrit epics. As shown there, vidhi is an impersonal force...

  Vibhishana is the younger brother of Ravana , the demon king of Lanka, in the Ramayana, the earlier of the two major Indian epics. V...

    (“own-form”) Svarup is the term for the child performers (often brahmin boys) who portray the gods and goddesses in famous religious d...

  Surasa is the mother of all the Nagas, a class of lesser divinities who take the shape of serpents in Hindu mythology. Surasa assumes th...

  Rishyashringa    is a sage from the Ramayana, the first of India's two major epics. Rishyashringa is tasked by King Dasharatha to ...

  Ravana is the ten-headed demon ruler of Lanka in the Ramayana, the first of the two major Indian epics. Vishnu, in his incarnation as Ra...

  Raghu is the grandfather of Ruler Dasharatha and a renowned king of the Ikshvaku dynasty in Hindu mythology. Rama, the protagonist of th...

Lakshmana is one of King Dasharatha's sons with his wife Sumitra, and the younger half-brother of Rama, the epic's protagonist, in t...

  Lava is one of the twin sons of Rama, the epic's protagonist, in the Ramayana, the earlier of the two major Indian epics. Lava is bo...

  Khara is one of the demon-king Ravana's siblings in the Ramayana, the earlier of the two major Indian epics. Khara works with his brot...

  Kishkindha is a woodland kingdom governed by monkeys in the Ramayana, the first of the two major Indian epics. When Rama (the epic's p...

 (middle of the 15th century?) A poet is considered as one of the most important religious personalities in northern India. Kabir belong...

Kausalya is the first wife of King Dasharatha and the mother of the god-king Rama in the Ramayana, the earlier of the two major Indian epi...

The goddess Sita's foster father. He came upon her one day while plowing a farm furrow. Janaka represents the sage-king in Hindu...

Jambhavan is a minister of Sugriva, king of the monkeys, in the Ramayana, the older of the two major Indian epics. Jambhavan is often charac...

In Hindu mythology, Jabali is a prominent sage who is the son of the sage Vishvamitra. Despite his biological beginnings, Jabali ultimatel...

  Ikshvaku was a monarch who founded the Solar Line in the Ramayana, the earlier of the two major Indian epics. The Solar Line, along with t...

Hanuman Jayanti is a Hindu festival commemorating the birth of Lord Hanuman. Hanuman's birthday is celebrated with a festival. Thi...