Chennai, March 18 -- Union Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
inaugurated the Kamba Ramayana Parayanam in the temple town Srirangam in Trichy
district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday evening.
The South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur under the Union Ministry of Culture is coming
forward with a support system for the sustenance and propagation of the Kamba Ramayana
tradition of Tamil Nadu.
Kamba Ramayana is one of the most significant literary works in Tamil literature.
This version of the Ramayana, composed in the 12th-13th century, stands as a unique and
culturally rich adaptation of the Valmiki Ramayana.
Kambar Medu, located at Therazhunduri in Kuthalam block in Mayiladuthurai district of
Tamil Nadu, is the birthpla...