Apart from these, more versions of the Ramayana have been written in Sanskrit, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Assamese, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, etc. There are at least 11 versions of Ramayana in Hindi, eight in Marathi, 25 in Bangla, 12 in Tamil, five in Telugu and six in Oriya. The story of Ram was also written in various other Indian regional languages. As per Jain tradition the original name of Ram was 'Padam'. It is talked about in Muni Vyas's Mahabharata at four places - Ramopakhayan, Aaranyak Parva, Drona Parva and Dashrath Kathanak in Buddhist literature it finds mention in three Jatak parables, viz, Dashrath Jatak, Anamak Jatak and Dashrath Kathanak in Jain literature many manuscripts were written on Ram, like Padam Charitra (Prakrit) by Vimal Suri Padam Puran (Sanskrit) by Ravisen Acharya Padam Charitra (Apbhransh) and Charitra Puran (Sanskrit) by Swambhu and Uttar Puran (Sanskrit) by Gunbhadra. The story of Ram did not remain confined to the pages of Valmiki Ramayana, but it also finds a mention in various other scriptures of history and ancient literature. This noble work of literature credits Valmiki as the earliest poet of the world. The most authentic and original source of knowledge about Ram is the Valmiki Ramayana. Those who were not strong of character and men of words were un-arya. Then there were only two divisions in human society � Arya and Un-Arya ( asurs, rakshas). Then neither was the world divided into Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews etc, nor broken up on the basis of modern day caste barriers.
This was the era when the whole world understood one language and speech, as mentioned in the holy book, the Bible (Genesis 11.1).
His time was that of great kings and world empires. Let's take a list of actors who played prominent roles in the epic saga.Since thousands of years, not just in India but also all over the world, one of the greatest men who influenced and touched the hearts of millions � both common men and elite alike - with his strength of character is Ram. However, there are many veteran and seasoned actors who could revisit the success again as they are no more with us. The show's lead cast like Arun Govil, Dipika Chikhlia, Sunil Lahri, Arvind Trivedi are quite excited with the rerun and are happy to see the audience's immense love. It once again proved that even after 33 years of it's telecast, Ramayan still manages to enjoy an immense popularity amongst the viewers. The show once again proved it's popularity by opening up with great numbers on the TRP charts.
Amongst many other TV shows, Ramanand Sagar's 'Ramayan' which became a cult classic in the year 1987 marked it's return. Shooting for all the TV shows, films and web content has also been stopped, bringing the entire country to a standstill.To keep the viewers entertained during this period, earlier, the national broadcaster Doordarshan decided to re-telecast popular shows from the 80-90's era. With coronavirus scare, the entire country is under lockdown.