Ramcharit Charcha: Sundar Kand (With English Illustration of Verses in Ramcharit Manas) (Paperback)

Ram Katha as we know it today formed first in the heart and mind of Lord Shiv who then told it to Parvati. Kakbhusundi, the saint in the form of a crow, came to overhear too by the grace of Lord Shiva. Rishi. Yagyavalkya listened to the same from Kakbhusundi and told it to Muni Bhardwaj at Prayag, the holy junction of divine rivers Ganges and Yamuna. Goswami Tulsidas retells the same to us in his book of epic proportions called Ramcharit Manas which is also popularly mentioned as Ramayana. This Katha is immense in scope and carries innumerable hidden messages and every one retelling Ram Katha discovers and presents some of them to his audience. Ramcharit Charcha is an attempt to decode, interpret and explain Goswami's Ramcharit Manas. Going at a comfortable pace, the author took about 7 years in the process of presenting it to you beginning it on 8th November 2012 and ending it on 13th April 2019 which is Ram Navami, the birthday of Shri Ram. Whenever you listen to Ram Katha from well-known Katha Vachaks (the pundits telling Katha of Lord Hari, every time something extra is revealed as it covers the essence of Indian religious philosophy contained in Vedas, Puranas, and other such literature of value. The general psychological make-up of Indians at large is greatly influenced by Ram Katha and it reflects in relations between the members of the family, in the sphere of social customs and behavior, and religious practices, Know Ram Katha to know Indians and their culture. This is also a poetic masterpiece of Hindi literature.Ramcharit Charcha: Vol 1, Vol 2, and Vol 3 book series has been published as Kindle books. Sundar Kand has been published as a stand alone book also for devotees who recite Sundar Kand frequently as ritual.Krishnakumar Balkrishna Khandelwal, a post-graduate in Economics, has been an avid blogger for more than 15 years. Born (1949) at Rampur (U.P.) he is the eldest among the two brothers and four sisters. He now lives in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) India. He has worked in diverse fields for more than 45 years and is still active as an investment consultant. Pt Ramkinkar Upadhyay, a well known exponent of spiritual aspects of Ramayan, was the first one whose evening discourses he attended frequently to get enriched. Because of his interest in Ram Katha and need to make the younger generation aware of the nuances in Ram Katha, he took upon himself to write on the blog (https: //balvachan.wordpress.com/) the whole narrative in simple english resulting in Ramcharit Charcha series as Kindle eBooks.