Category Archives: Epic

King of Ayodhya (Ramayana series)

November 28, 2007 – 9:22 am

Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group (June 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1841493317
ISBN-13: 978-1841493312
Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.7 x 1.4 inches
I have really enjoyed Ashok Banker’s Ramayana series. In King of Ayodhya, Ravana commands Varuna to destroy Rama’s armies as a response to Hanuman’s devastation of Lanka. Varuna’s tsunami and the consequential death toll enrages Rama and he uses his brahman shakti against the god. Varuna placates Rama by offering his services to create a natural bridge of greybacks for the armies of vanars and bears to cross the ocean and reach Lanka. But Ravana’s awe-inspiring feats of sorcery- changing the very topography of Lanka as well as creating an entire race of rakshasas- exterminates vanars and bears by the thousands. Vibhisena is banished from Lanka, and joins Rama in the struggle against Ravana’s adharma. Read More »

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Bridge of Rama (Ramayana series)

November 27, 2007 – 4:40 am

Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group (December 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1841493309
ISBN-13: 978-1841493305

This is the fifth book in the series of Ramayana by Ashok Banker. Bridge Of Rama picks up the story where we left off; Rama’s wife Sita has been kidnapped by the King of the Ausras Ravana, and taken back to his Kingdom Lanka. Rama and his allies, the vanar, are massing on the shores of the mainland hoping to find a way across the final hurdle of the ocean so they can rescue Sita. Even when the devoted Hanuman, the vanar to first recognise Rama’s inherit greatness, returns at the head of an army of countless number of his own kind, plus an additional army of Read More »

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Armies of Hanuman (Ramayana series)

November 26, 2007 – 4:35 am

Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group (April 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1841493295
ISBN-13: 978-1841493299
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 1.2 inches

Another great book by Ashok Banker. The battle ends after 13 years with Rama securing a decisive victory. Ravana is magically revitalised by Surpankha’s return to Lanka and he immediately plants to destroy Rama. Ashok gives in a lot of details and they are really good. The descriptions of Lanka are truly extra ordinary.The character of Hanuman plays a very important role in this book. There are lot of scenes I like if i start describing then I would be letting the story away. Just go grab a copy and reader its a readers delight. Read More »

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Demons of Chitrakut (Ramayana series)

November 22, 2007 – 4:17 am

Paperback: 628 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group (July 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1841491780
ISBN-13: 978-1841491783

Once you start reading the Ramayana Series by Ashok Banker you will be hooked on to it for various reasons. I am re-reading this book again and again.In this style you would have never read Ramayan before. Just like the previous books even this book holds on ur attention right from the beginning. The third book resumes immediately where Siege of Mithila had left us. The book goes on to describe Rama’s wedding with Sita and the interaction between Rama and Parashuram ( Both avatars of Maha Vishnu). In this Rama, Sita and Lakshmana are sent into exile thanks to the manipulated Kaikeyi’s demands of the two boons that were promised to her by Dasaratha. Read More »

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Siege of Mithila (Ramayana)

November 16, 2007 – 12:29 am

Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: Orbit (16 Jun 2005)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1841491985
ISBN-13: 978-1841491981
Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.4 x 3.6 cm

Prince of Ayodhya was a great start to retell the timeless tale of Ramayana and in the second book he continues the same style of writing and carries on telling the story of Rama. This book shares more adventures of Rama and his brother Lakshman and the Sage Brahmarishi Vishwamithra. We are introduced to the Lady of the Ramayana, the beautiful Sita. Read More »

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