The Illustrated Ramayana: The timeless epic of duty, love, and redemption

You can say it's a coffee table book, beautifully illustrated, even kids can watch pictures and get connected to our history.

Amongst the best coffee table books I have owned. Visually striking and definitely very informative. Beautiful binding and print quality too.

A lover of history, was thinking twice when buying the book ,because of the cost, but it was worth every penny Great book that goes into minute detail and the beautifully illustrated pictures are literally a thousand words. Enjoy reading.

What, really, does Ramayana mean? Which is the real version? Why this, why that? This work I somehow find thermally to be very similar to Devdutt Pattnaik's (very beautiful) approach with his book Sita, excepting two important points: 1. This one has a lot of pictures (it is a coffee table book, and a big one at that!) (Don't hope for great quality photos, page after page, though- it is an amalgamation of images from multiple resources, of varying quality) 2. The philosophical/spiritual essence is lesser, and controversies aren't tried and trained out as much. The print is good, not great, but the binding and heft is. Would I recommend buying this as a coffee table book? Sure!

This book beautifully maps out the entire chronological story of the Ramayana, filling the pages with highly detailed narrative summaries and useful historical tidbits. The highlight is its incredible pictorial layout, which brings the epic to life using a colorful variety of traditional artwork styles from different schools of Indian art. It makes tracking the massive story line easy and engaging for all readers.

We have come a long way since we read the Ramayana and the Mahabharata in our childhood in simple prose in all of our local Vernaculas in cheap mass- paperbacks and that imprint of mental pictures remain indelible as guiding values throughout till this time. But now in this century where ancient wisdom is at loggerheads with logics of superfast technological advancement it is very pertinent that even the primary exposition of these epics must be presented in ultra modern fashion to be proper comprehension to the young tech savvy generation. And this edition under the guidance of Vivek Debroy has carried out in a satisfactory manner with illustrations selected from various schools of a large cross section of this land of India with critical notes which could ignite the wisdom of the modern minds to set up serious study of the epics , given our lack of Sanskrit language learning. The layout designing and production of the book is good, but the paper used for printing is not of the best quality for such a book deserves preserved for long time for next generations.

Amazing book about the epic Ramayana. Book is full of very useful information and great pictures. Every Hindu should read Ramayana and this book will help even a child understand the holy nature of this marvelous epic. Simply superb book.

As soon as I saw this book I ordered it. I have ordered all the 3 Illustrations. Shakti, Ramayana and Mahabharata. So far has received just one and I'm in absolute love with the finishing, quality everything it offers. Must have for bibliophiles.

Brilliant book. Great illustrations.

Ya de por si la epopeya del ramayana es fantástica, ahora ilustrada es mejor.

Ordered it for multiple family members, such a great addition!!

Corresponde inteiramente ao esperado.

A wonderful book, speedily delivered from a fantastic seller! Thank you so much 🙏