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The Ramayana could not have been a true story. The same opinion has been expressed
by persons like Sankaracharias, many intellectuals and religious Heads.
Secondly Valmiki himself has stated that Rama is neither a god nor had any divine
power in him.
In this state Hindus consider the Ramayana as a sacred story and also revere the
important persons mentioned therein.
Why? This is due to the capable propaganda by Brahmins and want of intelligence
and self-respect on the part of the non-Brahmins. Whatever it may be one should scrutinize
the following in Ramayana:
1. Is Rama a divine person or is he above ordinary human beings?
2. Is Rama a honest person?
3. Is he a hero?
4. Is Rama an intelligent man? Is he above caste prejudice?
5. Is Sita a chaste woman?
6. Does she possess at least the common virtues of an ordinary woman? Is
Ravana a rogue?
7. Did he carry away Sita?
8. Did he seduce and spoil Sita?
Among the Avatars of Vishnu mentioned in Bagawatha, which is intended
for Vaishnavities, Rama's is one intended for the purpose of slaying "Rakshasa" Ravana.
Avatars of Vishnu: (1) Macha Avathar (2) Tortoise Avathar (3) Pig-Avathar (4)
Ganga Avathar (5) Vamana Avathar (8) Krishna Avathar (9) Balarama Avathar. (Incarnations)
It is stated that all these nine Avathars are meant on behalf of Brahmins (Devas) to
kill their inimical Dravida Kings (Rakshasas). In the nine Avathars Brahmins based their
fictitious story of the Ramayana on the Rama Avathar. The Ramayana story is similar to
Periyapuranam based on Nambiandar Nambi and other Saivite saints.
This Periyapuranam was created by Saivites for piety similar to
"Leelamrutham" containing the story of Vaishnavite saints which was already in existence.
But the story "Ramayana" has been adopted from Kanda Purana of Saivites, the
difference being only in names and Ramayana has been built up with a view to create more hatred
against Dravidas (Rakshasas) than the hatred exhibited in Kanda Purana.
The birth of Kanda Purana is much earlier than that of Ramayana, and so it was
written by only one person.
Since Ramayana has been written at a much later period and that too at different times
by many men, it is contradicting at many places in the story itself. According to the
description given in Ramayana about the principal persons, Rama and Sita have been depicted as very
low characters.
The life history of Rama begins with the killing of "Thadaka" by Rama as a boy of
5 hiding himself some where and his marriage at the age of six.
For the above two incidents, Rama need not at all have been brought in to the
picture. When Rama was aged 18, his father Dasaratha conspired together with Rama for the
purpose of celebrating the coronation ceremony of Rama as king of Ayothya, even though they
knew well, that the kingdom of Ayothya belonged only to Kaikeyi and her son Baratha who was
the heir-apparent according to the promise, already made by Dasaratha to Kaikeyi.
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