(Map of India: Image from Wikimedia Commons)
Hello, and welcome to a journey across India with a bit of a twist. This website will provide you with the information you need to experience India through the eyes of Rama, from the epic Ramayana. The Ramayana is one of two great epics from ancient India. If you have come across this website that means you are ready to start your trip to India and you have heard or read about the Ramayana. If you haven’t read it, that’s alright. Provided HERE is a link to some stories that make up this epic written by all different authors. You will want to look through some of these to make this trip a meaningful experience.
On this website you will find travel details about flights, what to pack and the dos and do nots of traveling to India. You will also find some unique cities and sites that have significance to the Ramayana.
Many places Rama went to and were written about in the epic have been traced to modern places and can be visited year around. If you're on the fence about this trip, just read the stories provided above. They will do the convincing all on their own.
This trip will provide you the with experiences that truly mean a great deal to the Indian people. The Ramayana is told in every house across India and passed down through generations, if you ask anyone in the country what the Ramayana is you will get the same plot with a possibility of a few unique spins or details to each story. That is one reason this trip and these stories are so powerful and have become so meaningful to those who read them.
This trip is almost like a treasure map, only the treasure is the history and folklore behind the great sites you can see on this trip. If you have a sense of adventure and want to see sites that reveal the Indian people's traditions then keep scrolling because this is the trip for you.