Who wrote the book Ramayana

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Correct answer: d) Valmiki. Valmiki was a legendary poet who is celebrated as the traditional author of the epic Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text itself. He is revered as Ādi Kavi, the first poet, author of Ramayana, the first epic poem. The Ramayana, originally written by Valmiki, consists of 24,000 shlokas and seven cantos (kaṇḍas). The Ramayana is composed of about 480,002 words, being a quarter of the length of the full text of the Mahabharata. The Ramayana tells the story of a prince, Rama of the city of Ayodhya, whose wife Sita is abducted by Ravana, the demon- king (Rakshasa) of Lanka. Hence, the correct answer is Option D i.e Valmiki.

Who wrote the book Ramayana

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