The Pizzazzy

An interesting thing that we noticed during our visit to Phuket was traces of Ramayana, the Indian mythological epic. In Fanta Sea there was a sign which read Hanuman’s Lair, we got a pamphlet which described Hanuman as the most powerful, which perfectly fit the description of the cute and powerful character of the celebrated indian mythology.

This intrigued me more as I sometimes love to dwell into mythology. I am also sincerely following the popular TV serial Ravana, the main antagonist of Ramayana.  When we were kids mom used to read many books by various authors and tell us the various adaptations of Ramayana and Mahabharata. So, I thought of looking up Ramayana and its relation with Thai culture.

Interestingly, Ramayana was adapted into Thai culture with some changes here and there to suit the Thai culture and is popularly known as Ramakein and its the first epic of Thailand. Among the other countries to have adapted Ramayana are Cambodia, Indonesia, China. To know more just do a Wiki on Ramayana.

That makes even Ramayana a gift of India to the world.