Ramayana Routes and Maritime Bridges. The Links Still Alive Between India and Southeast Asia
The Ramayana travelled on monsoon winds long before diplomacy had a name. Today Indian conservators are at work on the very temples those stories built — from Prambanan to Bagan.
The Independence Day of India is not only a celebration of our freedom; it is also an occasion to remember that the history of India has never been confined within the borders of the subcontinent. For millennia, the ideas, epic poems, and aesthetics of Indian civilisation have travelled with the monsoon winds, accompanied pilgrims, and followed merchants towards the lands of Southeast Asia. Today, as we celebrate 15 August, we also celebrate this shared journey of civilisation with Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar, a living and pulsating bridge…
More from India's Pulse