Originally posted by: mmishra1
Now Sagars wants to write New Version of Ramayan. Not a single version of Ramayan showed or have Laxman n Urmila's dating.
If Lord n his brother will have affairs before mariage then what kind of msg they want to give to New Generation. I think They should stop making wrong stuff.
Meeting in a garden is not an affair !
Yes no version of Ramayan has Lakshman and Urmila meeting in a garden. The pushpa-vaatika scene of Ram and Sita occurs in Ramcharitmanas - not in original Ramayan. Every poet has modified Ramayan to reflect society he lives in -as long as morals are maintained. The Lakshman-Urmila vaatika scene was important for character establishment, and they still maintained maryada. It may not be factual, so what? we never the question the following :
According to Valmiki Ramayan - Ram broke the dhanush long after the contest. The contest apparently ended in a war between thr kings and Janak. Ram, heard the story of the failed swayamvar and only later broke the bow!
Nowhere in Valmiki Ramayan does it state that Ahilya was turned into a stone. Just that she was abandoned and led a reclusive life doing Tapasya. She was ostracized and ex-communicated from society. Ram "liberated her" by visiting her.