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{{short description|Book by C. Rajagopalachari}} | {{short description|Book by C. Rajagopalachari}} | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} | ||
{{for|a 1972 English translation of Ramayana by R. K. Narayan|The Ramayana (Narayan book)}} | |||
{{Infobox book | {{Infobox book | ||
| name | | name = Ramayana | ||
| title_orig | | title_orig = | ||
| translator | | translator = | ||
| image | | image = Ramayana (Rajagopalachari book).jpg | ||
| image_caption | | image_caption = First edition | ||
| author | | author = [[C. Rajagopalachari]] | ||
| illustrator | | illustrator = | ||
| cover_artist | | cover_artist = | ||
| country | | country = [[India]] | ||
| language | | language = | ||
| series | | series = | ||
| genre | | genre = [[Mythology]] | ||
| publisher | | publisher = Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan | ||
| release_date | | release_date = 1957 | ||
| english_release_date = | | english_release_date = | ||
| media_type | | media_type = Print | ||
| pages | | pages = | ||
| isbn | | isbn = 978-81-7276-365-7 | ||
| oclc | | oclc = 19243018 | ||
| preceded_by | | preceded_by = | ||
| followed_by | | followed_by = | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Ramayana''''' is a retelling of the epic by [[C. Rajagopalachari]]. It was first published by [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]] in 1957.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ramayana and Mahabharata: catalogue of books in the Sahitya Akademi Library|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|date=1987|pages=6|oclc=29798356}}</ref> This book is an abridged English retelling of the [[Valmiki]] ''[[Ramayana]]''; he had earlier published a version of ''[[Kamba Ramayanam]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Complete works of Gosvami Tulsidas|publisher=Varanasi : Prachya Prakashan|date=1978|volume=4|pages=419|oclc=6124096}}</ref> Rajaji considered this book and his [[Mahabharata (C. Rajagopalachari)|''Mahabharata'']] to be his greatest service to his countrymen. | '''''Ramayana''''' is a retelling of the epic by [[C. Rajagopalachari]]. It was first published by [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]] in 1957.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ramayana and Mahabharata: catalogue of books in the Sahitya Akademi Library|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|date=1987|pages=6|oclc=29798356}}</ref> This book is an abridged English retelling of the [[Valmiki]] ''[[Ramayana]]''; he had earlier published a version of ''[[Kamba Ramayanam]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Complete works of Gosvami Tulsidas|publisher=Varanasi : Prachya Prakashan|date=1978|volume=4|pages=419|oclc=6124096}}</ref> Rajaji considered this book and his [[Mahabharata (C. Rajagopalachari)|''Mahabharata'']] to be his greatest service to his countrymen. | ||
As of 2001, the book had sold over a million copies.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/12/20/stories/2001122003230300.htm|title=PM releases one millionth book of ''Ramayana'' |date=December 20, 2001|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-08-31}}</ref> | As of 2001, the book had sold over a million copies.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/12/20/stories/2001122003230300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020220195423/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/12/20/stories/2001122003230300.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=20 February 2002|title=PM releases one millionth book of ''Ramayana'' |date=December 20, 2001|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-08-31}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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