Gond and Baiga Ramayanas: Lakshmana as hero

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In Gond folk telling the younger brother gets his own seven stories.

The Gond Ramayani (Madhya Pradesh) is oral and linked to Gond painting; the Gonds put the whole epic on canvas for a 2008 IGNCA exhibition. It has seven stories with Lakshmana finding a bride after the main events. Baiga tellings have Lakshman undergo a fire ordeal to prove his chastity. Malayalam tribal tellings have Hanuman sit at Rama's feet to wish him long life when he sneezes; in Assam Sita is a weaver.

Who: Lakshmana, Hanuman, Sita, Rama

Places: Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Kerala

Where this comes from

folk-oral · Wikipedia: Ramayana (regional versions) Gond Ramayani
folk-oral · Deccan Herald

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