Why is the Mahabharata more popular than the Ramayana?

The scope of Mahabharat is much more vast than the Ramayan. It deals with military strategy, war craft, politics, administration, life, human pyschology. read more

For large sections of the Indian population; Ramayana could be more popular than the Mahabharata. In scale; the story of the great war of the Kurus is bigger than the story of Ramayana. But; traditionally; the character of Rama was more popular even in South-East Asia and we have more stories about Hanuman and Garuda outside India also. read more

by Dr. Pradip Bhattacharya: Sukumari Bhattacharji: The Popularity of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata—A Comparative Analysis. read more

Mahabharata and Ramayana have spawned numerous regional language translations and had in its peak empowered development of many languages. If you look into history, you will notice that for a great numbers of regional languages the translation of Ramayana is the first great literary work in that language. read more