Originally posted by crazy_sunny
are we to now have a debate if Ramayan is bases on facts or fiction?
The significance of the Ramayan story is about the story of the individual soul.
Whether it really happend is arguable. Anyway it is not significant to me.
I read that people in those days were also very much taller than now. But there is not much proof.
Apparently Saint Ramanuja was the reincarnation of Lakshamana.
Ravana and the ten heads indicates the ten senses.
Rama the individual soul loses his way when it loses Brahma jnana or Divine knowledge represented by Sita.
Actually Hanuman could have defeated Ravana anytime, but since the story was planned this way guess nothing much could be done.
