Ramayana (Rajagopalachari book)

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Ramayana
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First edition
Author C. Rajagopalachari
Genre Mythology
PublisherBharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Publication date
1957
Publication place India
Media typePrint
ISBN 978-81-7276-365-7
OCLC 19243018

Ramayana is a retelling of the epic by C. Rajagopalachari. It was first published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1957. [1] This book is an abridged English retelling of the Valmiki Ramayana ; he had earlier published a version of Kamba Ramayanam . [2] Rajaji considered this book and his Mahabharata to be his greatest service to his countrymen.[ citation needed ]

As of 2001, the book had sold over a million copies. [3]

References

  1. Ramayana and Mahabharata: catalogue of books in the Sahitya Akademi Library. Sahitya Akademi. 1987. p. 6. OCLC   29798356.
  2. Complete works of Gosvami Tulsidas. Vol. 4. Varanasi : Prachya Prakashan. 1978. p. 419. OCLC   6124096.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  3. "PM releases one millionth book of Ramayana". The Hindu . 20 December 2001. Archived from the original on 20 February 2002. Retrieved 31 August 2009.