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Book Review: The Song of Rama by Vanamali
2007-04-25 13:19 | Posted by Tejvan Pettinger | Permanent Link | Book Review |
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Lord Rama

Book Review - The Song of Rama by Vanamali

By: Kate Carvalho

As a dedicated fan of Vanamali's spectacular The Play of God My heart skipped a beat when I saw her latest book The song of Rama on a book stall. I knew it would be hard to match the genius that is The Play of God, but I was more than ready to delve into the dense forests that play host to the epic that is The Song of Rama

Being fairly ignorant of Rama I was curious to acquaint myself with this first of Avatars or human descendent s of Vishnu himself, who descends to earth from time to time in order to redeem mankind from the treacherous grasp of ignorance, usually personified in a terrible and almighty Rakshasa or demon.

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