Torave Ramayana: Kumara Valmiki's Shiva-told Ramayana

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A Kannada Ramayana whose Ravana is tragic.

Narahari (Kumara Valmiki) of Torave near Bijapur wrote the Kannada Torave Ramayana around 1500, with 112 sections and about 5,000 verses in bhamini shatpadi. It follows Valmiki with Adhyatma influence. Shiva tells it to Parvati, and Ravana keeps traits of a tragic hero. He also wrote the short Airavana Kalaga.

Who: Narahari, Ravana, Shiva, Parvati

Places: Torave, Vijayapura, Karnataka, Karnataka

Where this comes from

regional-literary · Shastriya Kannada database: Toraveya Ramayana

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