Sita and the Ramayana

Links to Web Resources

  • Amar Chitra Katha has several comic book versions of the Ramayana. Online, however, only their story of the Ramayana's "author" is viewable: Valmiki.
  • The Ramayana homepage, a private website, contains an index to the chapters of the epic, online images, prayers, and links. The same person maintains a page on Sanatana dharma.
  • Another Ramayana homepage.
  • What about Sita? Avatara.org has a Sita page with 16 additional links to webpages on Sita....

Madhu Kishwar's "Yes to Sita, No to Ram!" essay from her Manushi journal. Browse the Manushi archives online.

AskAsia, an online educational resource from the Asia Society, maintains pictoral links to tell the Ramayana story.

Other depictions of Sita and the Ramayana: view a slide show of Chamba style miniature paintings. Read the intro to the epic's chapters first.

A mytho-epic with roots in reality? Real-life sacred geography: follow the Colgate India Study Group on their tour following the story of the Ramayana&emdash;view the photographs of their journey in contemporary India.

Interpretations of the Ramayana: a conference on the epic.