GK
INDIAS HERITAGE
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TULSIDAS
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LORD RAMA
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VED VYASA
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SAGE VALMIKI
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Ramayana was composed in Sanskrit, probably not before 300 bce, by the poet Valmiki and in its present form consists of some 24, 000 couplets divided into seven books.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Ramayana, originally written by Valmiki, consists of 24, 000 shlokas and seven cantos (kaṇḍas). The Ramayana is composed of about 480, 002 words, being a quarter of the length of the full text of the Mahabharata or about four times the length of the Iliad.
Detailed explanation-3: -Valmiki was the composer of the first Sanskrit poem (the Adikavya) known the world over as the epic Ramayana (Story of Lord Rama), hence he is called the Adikavi or First Poet-the Poet of Poets of India.
Detailed explanation-4: -This is located in Bithoor town. The Ashram premises is said to be the abode of Sage Valmiki and this is where he is supposed to have written the Ramayan.