The Story of Ramayana : 2. Sri Swami Premananda

Dedicated
TO
MY HOLY MASTER
SATGURU SRI SWAMI SIVANANDAJI MAHARAJ
Sri Swami Premananda

2.

Till very recently, none in India bothered to verify the veracity of the story.
It was not their concern to investigate the actual happenings in history—when Rama lived and ruled or the places he occupied during his fourteen years’ period of banishment by his father. To Indians it was the grain that mattered and not the chaff.

The modern period is the age of reason, not of faith—faith in tradition, in the past, in epics, in authority, in parents, even in oneself.
For everything the modern generation clamours for proof, authenticity and verification.
In the case of past events there can be circumstantial evidence, historical support, archaeological proof and literary or even astronomical occurrences to support dates and incidents.

The Ramayana, i.e. the history of Lord Rama, in the light of the temper of times, has also been subjected to detailed scrutiny. Historians have been busy locating various places where certain events of his life took place.

Sri Swami Premananda
To be continued  ...