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STORIES · THE RĀMĀYAṆA · Tamil · regional retelling
Mappila Ramayana: Lama and Lavana
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Rama is 'Lama' in a Muslim Kerala telling.
The Mappila Ramayana, a Malayalam text of Kerala's Malabar Muslims, calls Ram 'Lama' and Ravan 'Lavana' and adapts the tale to Islamic belief with references to Allah. Caravan places it within a larger set of Islamicised Ramayanas across South and Southeast Asia.
Who: Lama, Lavana
Bound to
Hikayat Seri Rama: Dasarata, great-grandson of Adam same-story-other-version
Places: Malabar, Kerala
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