Is Ramayan an epic or a religious text?

People get always confusing that epic is mythology. But the Epic means History. Already happened old history. Only and only two great epics of India are Ramayana and Mahabharata. The heroine, hero and villain of them were of extreme truth. Srirama and Srikrishna are true. read more

An epic or Mahakaavya,as called in hindi refers to a long poetic text. Not talking about Shri Ramayan ,it is,by the the refence of ShrimadValmikiya Ramayan(popularly known as Shri Ramayan) is a history written in prose form. read more

Ramayana The Ramayana belongs to a class of literature known in Sanskrit as kavya (poetry), though in the West it is considered to belong to the category of literature familiar to readers of Homer, namely the epic. read more

Ramayana is a text that refuses to be bounded; it is a living, breathing epic. Every family and every culture has their own interpretation of it. The text itself gives us opportunities to question the actions of Rama, to debate dharma and to argue over its morality. read more