![]() ![]() I’m sure much detail was probably left out and the prose isn’t flowery or poetic, but it still gripped me. The only thing that didn’t work for me is when Rama questioned Sita’s virtue and she had to walk through fire to prove her innocence. ![]() The story fascinated me, but it was also exciting because it includes a prince being banished from his kingdom by a jealous mom, fights with demons, a great war, and a powerful monkey transporting an entire mountain to help cure a friend of a fatal wound. I immensely enjoyed my time reading this, both because of the story and the illustrations that accompany it. Despite the book being almost 200 pages long, it is a quick read brimming with illustrations (over 100 of them). Patel did a great job condensing the story and writing it in a way that would captivate and entertain a modern audience, especially kids, who are the intended audience. But as a human and with the help of his brother Lakshman and his friends Hanuman (a flying monkey who is the son of the wind god, Vayu), Jambavan (a bear chief), and Sugriva (an exiled monkey king), Rama is able to defeat the demon to rid the world of a great evil and rescue his wife, Sita, who the demon had kidnapped. Vishnu reincarnated himself as Rama to defeat the powerful demon Ravana, whom no god or demon can defeat. It’s the story of Rama, an avatar of the blue god Vishnu, who preserves and protects the universe and makes up the Hindu trinity along with Brahma and Shiva. Ramayana: Divine Loophole relays one of the greatest epic Hindu tales. ![]()
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