SHREE RAMAYANA MAHANVESHANAM -VOL.I & II

Dr. M. Veerappa Moily’s Shree
Ramayana Mahanveshanam is a highly laudable work which, though rooted in the
contemporary Indian context, addresses universal concerns and presents a
unique vision of past, present and future all clubbed into one. The title literally
signifying quest and examination, the book rightly explores the Ramatattwa or
the true principles of the Rama story, from a secularist modernist
perspective. Moily has introduced several new characters and incidents in the
epic, at the same time, taking great care of retaining the original essence
of Valmiki’s Ramayana. Moily re interprets many familiar incidents from the
point of view of modern sensibility. He has drawn freely from Jaina and folk
traditions.