Illustrated Ramayana, The: The timeless

Amazing book about the epic Ramayana. Book is full of very useful information and great pictures. Every Hindu should read Ramayana and this book will help even a child understand the holy nature of this marvelous epic. Simply superb book.

As soon as I saw this book I ordered it. I have ordered all the 3 Illustrations. Shakti, Ramayana and Mahabharata. So far has received just one and I'm in absolute love with the finishing, quality everything it offers. Must have for bibliophiles.

I bought it as a set of three and got an amazing deal! Cannot recommend enough!!!

What, really, does Ramayana mean? Which is the real version? Why this, why that? This work I somehow find thermally to be very similar to Devdutt Pattnaik's (very beautiful) approach with his book Sita, excepting two important points:1. This one has a lot of pictures (it is a coffee table book, and a big one at that!) (Don't hope for great quality photos, page after page, though- it is an amalgamation of images from multiple resources, of varying quality)2. The philosophical/spiritual essence is lesser, and controversies aren't tried and trained out as much.The print is good, not great, but the binding and heft is. Would I recommend buying this as a coffee table book? Sure!

I loved DKs Mahabharata book. It had illustrations from all over the world. It was a visual treat for an artist. I bought this with same hopes but illustration variety is limited. Some images are recent digital ones and most old images are from one mughal artist. The author does cover entire story of ramayan and includes a lot of tidbit information. It is a good buy but not as awesome as mahabharata book

The book has really beautiful pictures n it's a great reading book as well.. The quality is really good, perfect for a coffee table

We have come a long way since we read the Ramayana and the Mahabharata in our childhood in simple prose in all of our local Vernaculas in cheap mass- paperbacks and that imprint of mental pictures remain indelible as guiding values throughout till this time. But now in this century where ancient wisdom is at loggerheads with logics of superfast technological advancement it is very pertinent that even the primary exposition of these epics must be presented in ultra modern fashion to be proper comprehension to the young tech savvy generation. And this edition under the guidance of Vivek Debroy has carried out in a satisfactory manner with illustrations selected from various schools of a large cross section of this land of India with critical notes which could ignite the wisdom of the modern minds to set up serious study of the epics , given our lack of Sanskrit language learning.The layout designing and production of the book is good, but the paper used for printing is not of the best quality for such a book deserves preserved for long time for next generations.

A lover of history, was thinking twice when buying the book ,because of the cost, but it was worth every pennyGreat book that goes into minute detail and the beautifully illustrated pictures are literally a thousand words.Enjoy reading.