How did Rama become one of Hinduism's most important and political gods?

Today, it’s difficult to imagine a time when Rama was not one of Hinduism’s most important gods, or the deity most frequently evoked by politicians. But 1,000 years ago, South Asian rulers were far more interested in Shiva and Vishnu as paramount deities. This is the story of the rise of Rama: from Sanskrit literature, to temple reliefs, to the divine analogue of living kings, enshrined as one of the great gods of Vijayanagara, once one of the largest cities on earth.
Sources:
Pollock, Sheldon. "Rāmāyaṇa and political imagination in India." The journal of Asian studies 52, no. 2 (1993): 261-297.
Jaiswal, Suvira. "Historical evolution of the Ram legend." Social Scientist (1993): 89-97.
Dhar, Parul Pandya, ed. The Multivalence of an Epic: Retelling the Rāmāyaṇa in South India and Southeast Asia. Taylor & Francis, 2023.
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[@girishdubey724]

Librandus at its best trying to show Abrahmic invaders more humane than indeginous kings 😂

[@rajphil2000]

past didnt have democracy. its all about conquer and expand. Its political

[@user-qz3to7gd5l]

Can you explain how Babri Masjid ( Which was nowhere mentioned in Quran or Hadiths) has became so politically important mosque in this sub continent for South Asian Muslims

[@sudipbhattacharjee9]

Technically a Masjid cannot be built in a disputed land. Besides for decades namaz was not performed there. If namaz is not performed in any place for 12 years, it ceases to be a Maszid

[@JinSakai_Kuroudo]

wait wait wait ... how dumb are you ??? do you think holy places built the same time holy books are written ?? do you think churches are mentioned in the bible ?? LOOOOOOOOOOL

[@akshayde]

Can you cite some other things from the Quran and hadith? Or do you just get your talking points from the IT cell? Also I don't think babri masjid is an issue outside India for anybody

[@sahadhaneef272]

As you correctly mentioned in your comment, Babri masjid only has political significance to Muslims. It doesn't have any religious significance as compared to any other mosques in Indian subcontinent. Only 3 mosques are of religious significance to Muslims which are Mosques in Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.

[@motei1853]

Quran , hadiths were written in 7th century. Babri Masjid was build in 16th century.

[@sanjeevbatish9879]

The idea of Rama is about ideal human being trying to build ideal society.

[@krishnaprasadsankar2028]

This dude has no knowledge of Hinduism and speaks of it as though he is an authority. Ramanuja acharya was a big devotee of Rama an evidenced by his very name. It is very clear Sri Vaishnava sampradaya celebrated Rama for centuries. Similarly, Dvaita sampradaya is very Rama centric as well. Madhvacharya is considered to be the avatar of Hanuman. Our Itihasas and Puranas have always shown that Rama is a purna avatar of Lord Vishnu. There is no difference between Rama and Vishnu. Differentiating the two, is just another way of creating a north vs. south divide and postulating that Rama was a legend myth who was later converted into a God. Rama's story was taken to foreign shores by the kings of south which is why Rama continues to be popular in South east Asian countries. Fake, leftist, western oriented historians who still propagate Aryan migration/invasion theory and create north south divide will dwindle over time. Truth will prevail.

[@sachendrasikarwar8118]

He is a macaulay slave who has studied the history from commies like romila thapar and RS Sharma.

[@IrfannPathan911]

Such are the times of Kaliyuga. People like these and Devadutt Patnayak are representing “Hinduism”.

[@priyesh894]

rama killed shambuka who was shudra for doing penance. he ditched his wife sita listening to rumors.

[@kizhakke]

Actually madhavacharya is considered to be avatar of Vayu.. and thus has aspects of Hanuman and Bheema

[@kizhakke]

Actually madhavacharya is considered to be avatar of Vayu.. and thus has aspects of Hanuman and Bheema

[@ranabanik1354]

Dude literally saying, “Rise of political Hinduism (Hindutva) is due to invasions from Islamism from Turkic, Central, Arab forces.” If people won’t defend themselves with inspiration from religious figures then what is the point. Every aspect of human life is political. Even this video is…

[@DS-rr8ih]

And most dangerous is that they manipulate history timeline and take some selected examples to justify their statements.

[@JinSakai_Kuroudo]

naaah.... a hungry man always talks about food. Thats why you find things political. They're plenty of intellectuals who will find your way of life petulant

[@rka-truthalwayswins5127]

Islamo leftist fascists are known to fabricate history and tell lies all the time!! They along with the woke Americans fed on American oligarchs & Chinese money must be marginalized or they will destroy humanity!!

[@AmalTan]

Can he call gods and prophets of other religions as *Political Gods* ?

[@kavinanil7406]

Can any democratically elected government do religious politics..?

[@bks911]

​@@kavinanil7406 all communities world over do so !! Where are you living ?

[@KundanBhumi]

​@@kavinanil7406which democractically elected Indian government has not done religious politics 😂

[@mogambo4565]

All religions are political tools.

[@DS-rr8ih]

​@@kavinanil7406PARTITION happened on the basis of religion & word secularism in constitution shows religious nature of politics. Minority status to certain community comes under politics . Reservation is based on caste and minority status which is based on religion.

[@Kuttajee]

Romila Thapar in disguise...

[@millennialmind9507]

Romila Thapar light

[@prashanthbharadwaj4644]

Lost him right at the beginning, when he says South Indian rulers preferred shiva and Vishnu over Ram. For anyone who knows even basics of Hindu gods know that Rama is an avatar of Vishnu himself and no different. I hope next time there we can get someone with better understanding

[@justforfunlol2258]

I mean, his point still stands tho. Vishnu temples and ram temples are not the same.

[@k.vabhavmishra]

Lol ​@@justforfunlol2258

[@neunzehnvierundachtzig]

It's somewhat right, In south India, Ram is seen as an avatar of Bhagvan Vishnu and hence not worshipped. You rarely see a Ram temple. Unlike Bhagvan Krishna, Who is considered Supreme God in his own right even if Krishna was an avatar as well.

[@ancientminds199]

We do revere Rama in South. However.. it's rare to find a Rama temple. Anyway a Rama temple exists just 100m away from my home

[@GayathriK-re7wt]

​@@neunzehnvierundachtzigYou rarely see a ram temple😂 in which part of the south are you living in

[@shridharaithal1433]

To call Rama a political God is to demean the very principle that RAma stood for: which is right thinking, right action and right words. Half baked knowledge is very dangerous and home you stop spreading fake narratives!

[@adnanshabbar9310]

after watching him and Jyoti, one thing is clear, Standards at Print are very very Low, Unlike their biases against the Indian civilization. Print, more like a club of wannabe brown sahebs.

[@sameepvaidya9395]

Bigger question is how did a political ideology started by a desert war lord in 7th century became such widely followed, accepted and normalized religion???🤔🤔

[@shaikdastageerfaizurrahman9461]

its simple, because it is the truth.

[@sameepvaidya9395]

@@shaikdastageerfaizurrahman9461 every religion claims that.

[@shaikdastageerfaizurrahman9461]

but not every religion was started in a desert surrounded by polytheism and ended up making the whole land mass monotheistic against all odds

[@ansumannanda8289]

@@shaikdastageerfaizurrahman9461 that shows how this religion is intolerable to other religions 😂

[@shaikdastageerfaizurrahman9461]

@@ansumannanda8289 if that was the case, then it's called genocide which Israel is doing today. and there's no evidence of genocide of that time. just simply shows how truth can deny all the falsehoods

[@knc2111]

Since the day Babur destroyed the temple in Ayodhya and forcibly built a mosque there.

[@hotfun07]

Its difficult to imagine Historical Mecca was NOT IN PRESENT DAY MECCA. Please, throw some light. Thanks!

[@DS-rr8ih]

There was no mecca and Medina there . In recent discoveries in SAUDIARAB have unearthed sun temple , idols of tri goddess. May be PROPHET MUHAMMAD was a BRAHMIN saint ir a prince like GAUTMA BUDDHA and may be he was unhappy with the people's behaviour so he decided to rule over them through his own knowledge . But interesting point is that his sons were killed (s*R T#N SE JUDAI) by his own people

[@rex6418]

​@@DS-rr8ihgrandsons not sons

[@DS-rr8ih]

@@rex6418 ok

[@sonekapanchi6457]

​@@DS-rr8ihthe discovered saudi temple are remenent of their previously followed pagan gods, no evidence has been provided that they were hindu temples, stop believing conspiracies and actually look upto saudi website if you actually want to learn

[@indiafirst6517]

Political God?? Kuch bhi 🙄

[@dv9239]

Well unfortunately BJP is still using Rama for their politics

[@theneurosurgeon007]

​@@dv9239so what. So did congress too. 😂. Just not as well as BJP is doing now. Congress had decades to do right by hindus legally. The 52 pillar bases in 17 rows were waiting to be unearthed since 500 years , but congress was happy with doing minority appeasement. Now time to pay the price.

[@rajphil2000]

@@theneurosurgeon007 like wht

[@millennialmind9507]

One quick question, do you understand the difference between avatars and trinity gods

[@TheAdarshveccham]

Stop plugging so many of your old videos.. just leave them in the description for reference..

[@user-lp9vz6lu3t]

Are ye to jhanki hai , Krishna abhi baki hai

[@anuragrai8283]

When did "Rama" become a political god? 🤓 Dude, every single religion on earth has been used by rulers for politics. Islamic and Christian crusades weren`t apolitical campaigns or mere conquests. Rama, to the contrary, has arguably been the least political in comparison. Nobody from India went around the world killing people simply for not accepting "Rama" as "the lord". Hinduism, wherever it went, was assimilated into the native practices. Now, I recognize the fact that the intention of this video wasn`t about maligning Hinduism at all and you were merely discussing the development of Hindu worship system. However, the timing you chose to present your "readings" (not even research) and the labelling of the title of the video as such gives the impression of participation (if not proper alignment) in the current joke of a debate that the Indian opposition has started where it`s proposed that a historic moment, the Ram Temple Re-establishment, which is significant to a billion Hindus in India and around the world, is a mere political event of a contemporary political party in India (BJP)?? when in fact the struggle clearly predates the creation of BJP, RSS or any other organisation and is as old as the event of destruction of the sacred place? Thats pathetic and pitiful.

[@Whatshah]

You misspelled a word- minion Brahmans with billion Hindus. 😅

[@adarshverma2014]

I think both Rama and Krishna are political in nature . Why Rama, due to following reasons: Most of the times Ravana is talked about as from "Rakshasa" dynasty. They even had their own Acharyas as well. Ravana was a Shiva bhakta. Why did Ravana and his family members called "Mayavi" or as someone who are meat-eaters. They are depicted as very violent. Could it not be possible that Rama wanted to establish the Aryan culture all the way down to south. He is always on the protection mode of "sants". But why did Ravana attacked "sants" is the question. Probably Ravana in the south and Rama in the north followed different religious denominations. So you have to admit that Rama was a political god as well. Krishna is also political as: The Bhagwad Gita in fact a more political than other Gitas like Ashtavakra Gita. The later focused completely more on spiritualism, peace etc. without deviation from that across the book. Whereas Bhagwad Gita has a lot to tell why you need to fight, how "dharma" is saved, why you need to "follow" Krishna so on and so forth. Krishna is also very diplomatic. There are other points as well but my fingers are paining. So this is it :)

[@neunzehnvierundachtzig]

​@@adarshverma2014 So is Bible and Koran. Religion is opium of the masses. You never claimed Jesus was a political god cause he wanted to get people in his side, so that he could gain power. You didn't say about muhammed zombifying the whole arabia with his oppresive beliefs so that he was create a cult army ready to fight for anything. Who are you afraid of ? Hatred of one's own faith is a mental disorder. or just grow a pair to call out everyone and not remain on the safe side cause you know the Hindus aren't violent enough to take your head for your opinions.

[@anuragrai8283]

@@adarshverma2014 Rama literally worships a shivling himself along with Sita so you`re a major genius to propose that Rama was being political about the religious affiliation of Ravana (Shiva). I don`t wanna even entertain your bs Aryan immigration theory which was hypothesized in the colonial rule of India and has no mention in the "elaborate" and "diverse" source of indegenous historical accounts. If an event of that nature were to have actually happened, it would be written and talked about, atleast by the extensive literature enthusiasts in the south, if you propose so much so that the northern accounts were meticulously removed. (which btw can`t be the case, there`s not even one manuscript unearthed till date that verifies the Aryan immigration theory) Now, for you own better judgement, don`t be talking about things that you "assume" and merely "speculate" without having any substantial proof of the same. Also, the discussion here wasn`t about whether the actual religious figures (Ram, Krisna, Jesus) were political. My comment AND this video is actually about how they`re dragged into politics, Ram out of everybody has been the least politically utilized to serve a purpose. You took this whole thing into a whole new direction by discussing the politics done by said historical and religious figures which is simply stupid (for the lack of and more so my personal aversion to use a harsher word)

[@dv9239]

Ramayan gained importance during the chola rule of south east asia The Chola kings used the epic as a bridge between people of two different cultures

[@motei1853]

where did you learn your history ?

[@rka-truthalwayswins5127]

Lolz!! Ramayana that is thousands of years older than Brown British Nehru, his fraudulent Marxist historians, his fake Gandi family, his British masters & their imaginary Jesus had to wait for the Cholas to become important!! Get your upper body part checked!!

[@premmahto4855]

Rama become , he is and always God. He is the pinnacle of human morality. So we don’t need your analysis on God.

[@lalitsharma7458]

Your accent is very very poor and lesser understood, its kind of khichdi of south indian and british accent 😅

[@theneurosurgeon007]

There were No aryans forget about migration. First it was thought to be a warrior clan which brought Sanskrit and vedas into India and destroyed the native culture. This was Aryan Invasion theory. Which is completely disproved genetically and archeologically. Later came Aryan migration theory which is supposed to have brought Sanskrit and vedas and the advanced agricultural practices as mentioned within rigved to India without any clashes. Even that doesn't make sense as the rakhigari sample doesn't have steepe ancestry indicating agricultural practices are indigenous to Indian Subcontinent and not foreign,so you cannot even call steepe people as Aryans or indo Aryans or Vedic. Another angle was the Iranian ancestry in current population was thought to be Aryan but even iranian Ancestry (part of ANI component in ivc and all indians today) is more than 12,000yrs old at least ( before 10,000 BC). Another angle was R1a1 haplogroup. It was being considered as Aryan/ foreign but even that isn't true because the diversity within this R1A1 haplogroup is highest in the indian subcontinent indicating it to be the oldest lineage (as haplogroup diversity comes from mutations being passed down with successive generations) and hence making indian subcontinent the origin of R1A1 haplogroup. There is absolutely zero scientific evidence to even suggest a large scale migration happened into indian subcontinent with a foreign culture. Only thousands of small movement of groups of people into india over thousands of years resulting in a group of genes being categorised as ANI in current population . Fir those who don't know ANI doesn't mean Aryan nor ASI means Dravidian. Ceratin groups of genes in india which are also found in Central Asia today are categorised as ANI and creatin groups of genes which are also found in Adamanese hunter gatherer tribes are called as ASI. There is not a single indian who doesn't have both of these gene groups ANI and ASI within them in varying proportions (due to geographical endogamy). So you see no matter what narrative Marxists try to spin they are simply unable to justify existence of any Aryans nor are they able to explain why Sanskrit ,Vedic culture, agriculture is not of Indian origin. All I'm seeing are desperate attempts from the Marxists and the left media to push this narrative for their agenda. Shame !!😂

[@telugupadyalu...6927]

i think rama name was mostly heard in coastal andhra before telugu litreature become evaluationed before 8th centuary AD ...so i think costal andhra people knew rama before 500 BC

[@thethreespikes9737]

Stop making videos on Hindu gods with ill intensions.

[@rakeshsai2949]

Too good!!!!!!

[@hemantachandra6962]

Sir, while hearing the podcast it seems like you are just reading it out from screen... It's hard to absorb the material, unlike, how Shekar sir explain 🙁

[@metromaster7025]

Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva is still prominent god. Ram is avtar of Vishnu

[@kavinanil7406]

Where is the temple for Brahma in India...?

[@sudipbhattacharjee9]

​@@kavinanil7406in Pushkar.....anyway you are not at all aware of the Indic culture and concept of Brahma, the Creator of matter

[@sudipbhattacharjee9]

​@@kavinanil7406in Pushkar.....anyway you are not at all aware of the Indic culture and concept of Brahma, the Creator of matter

[@kavinanil7406]

@@sudipbhattacharjee9 why isn't Brahma temple anywhere else..?

[@kavinanil7406]

@@sudipbhattacharjee9 who and when was that temple built, are there worshippers in that temple now ..?

[@pravinjoshi1]

Good research.

[@vrushabhshamkuwar6210]

Guys, go and read any book on ancient india, it’s more about Shiva Vishnu Buddhism and Jainism and less about Ramayana and Mahabharata.

[@user-lp9vz6lu3t]

Whenever there shall be darkness surrounding the country SRI RAM will suddenly appear and drive the politics of bharatvarsha , he has been doing it since a long time and now he is to stay ,

[@pratiush1000]

More than controversial, it's confusing. You should use more infographics in your narrative, and talk a bit slowly. The transitions in the storytelling are just too fast to follow.

[@parshantmalik3673]

He's RAM and not" RAMA" Should I call you "The PRINTA"??

[@drsathyadeepv]

We in south call Ram as Raama

[@aritrabhattacharyya8797]

Nope. It's Rama. Hindustani languages do a schwa deletion because of the influence of Persian. Before that even North Indian languages had the last 'a' in their pronunciations.

[@neunzehnvierundachtzig]

learn Sanskrit. you're surname is malik, which isn't even an Indian word.

[@CB-cl2tf]

Can the audio improved??

[@abhishekjoshi7772]

The video needs to be subtitled properly to follow what you're saying. The auto-generated captions aren't correct in all places.

[@rdb108]

Very insightful video! Do make more of these 🙏

[@krushnachandranaik8289]

The caption is a bit misleading, it should have just said "when Rama became a political god" and what is this obsession with the vijayanagar empire 🤷

[@krushnachandranaik8289]

And too much reliance on very few sources in my opinion and to that secondary sources😒

[@rajvirdee1317]

Rama's deeds made him indias true HERO.HIS DEEDS WERE OF NO ORDANERY MATTER.NO ORDENARY PERSON COULD HAVE ACHIEVED THAT HE MADE IT POSSIBLE.A TRUE HERO OF ANY WHERE RAM IS.

[@radhasankarasubramanian1070]

Print is experiencing unbearable pain nowadays 😂

[@shashikanthbuddhiol6127]

Can you talk about other religions?

[@abdullahrakin4296]

why would a hindu talk about Islam?

[@rex6418]

​@@abdullahrakin4296He didn't said islam

[@randmht9976]

​@@abdullahrakin4296why ? Anyone can talk about anything

[@rka-truthalwayswins5127]

These Islamo leftist fascist clock stops with Hindus!!

[@harshdoshi9642]

The print should fire this guy lmao

[@90vivekgrewal]

Is there a book bringing together the story of all entrants from central Asia across the millenia?

[@AK-yw9qs]

Suvira Jaiswal another left centric historian is an expert in Hindu and Indian history, she never produced any kind of evidence for her theories. I am ready to listen to any theories, subjected that they produce enough evidence to stand its ground, else it is just blabber!

[@kankit230]

Saying parying to bhagwan Vishnu is different than praying to Bhagwan Ram is quite ignorant tbh

[@user-lx6fi9uc2g]

Too much content read out too fast. Need to slow down and add some pauses.

[@himanshuvikramsingh3391]

Its because of rhe ideal characters of lord which everyone want in their life , family

[@anandgupta2957]

Kindly pronounce 'Ram'

[@pungavaD]

lack of knowledge of the host is just marvellous.

[@priyanks91]

Excellent vid, bas bas ban mat ho jana

[@Deveshi.A.]

Thanks for the information and wonderful presentation

[@mayanktodi5280]

My observation from the few museums that I have visited is that the oldest sculptures were of vhishu, shiv n ganesh. I always had this question in the back of my mind: Why no ram n krishna sculptures? This video has answered it, thanks.

[@shyamapple9060]

Krishna is literally one of the Vrishni Heroes a term deemed for Late Indus Valley Civilization worship cult,even in Jainism Krishna's figure is considered the 9th Vasudev.....This guy's research is borderline wikipedia and one google search can show what he has omitted out from the same source.

[@rajkiran1982]

welcome to western brainwashing.

[@gabbar51ngh]

It's no brainer. Ramayana's protagonist is a King and naturally kings would favour such stories. Not to maintain vaishnavism was also more prevalent and Lord Ram is one of his avatar so it's in continuation. Unfortunately Shaivism has declined. If you look closely avatars of him were more of a common man or vagabond hunter. We need Shaivism revival.

[@JinSakai_Kuroudo]

@@shyamapple9060 well, if you're so smart you should give references too. Or I too can pull stuff outta my ass

[@rex6418]

The video won't doesn't covers the full information He doesn't mentions how Krishna is mentioned in India written by megasthanes. The oldest historical book of india by a foreign traveller

[@jarp5581]

Mujhe to pata that yeh hagega isliye Maine to 1 Sec me hi 👎 de Diya 😂

[@joelshiv4954]

Titling this video as "How did Sri Rama .....or Bhagwarn Rama would have been more respectful to some one who is Idolized for his leadership and an ideal king.

[@cb9461]

There is one scholar who claims that story of Ram and Suryavansh actually comes from Egyptian history and their king Ramses. Ramses laterally means from the Sun..

[@bhalbhal6757]

Political God. बद्तमीजी की भी हद होती है।

[@ThatOdiaDude1334]

A word to the narrator.. U r an Indian, not a foreigner.. Its RAM not RAMA.. i can understand foreigners adding an extra A at the end of most indian words( yoga instead of yog, etc) but u definitely can pronounce it right.. So pronounce it properly n not like u are some wannabe with a foreign accent.. Even being an atheist, it triggers me when ppl who know how to pronounce things correctly, prefer to use the foreigners' pronunciation.

[@user-hc3kq9hp3q]

In all south indian languages it is called RAMA, Krishna etc

[@Rasovaisha]

Ready for 295-a .

[@millennialmind9507]

Geet Ramayan was written in Marathi in 1955-56 😊

[@deepakseth6256]

The first reference of Ram is from Valmiki Ramayan In Valmiki Ramayan Ram is referred to as Maryada Purshotam which means a Dignified and a elevated man He is not Projected as God. Was made into a God sometime during the Puranic era that is around 1950---1400. Also all religions are Man Made. So whether Ram is a God not is a matter of personal opinion and personal faith

[@hemishshah6666]

Amazing analysis aniruddha ❤ Indeed, if we read valmiki ramayana, we realise that it projected Rama as a human king, a hero, but still a human. Valmiki Ramayana being considered as most authentic and oldest referance of ramayana, means that it indeed was a historical battle between ram and ravana, which later got deitified by kings, as they romanticized the idea of divine rulership. Please do such analysis on rishabhdeva, krishna and shiva as well. Absolutely loved it❤❤❤ Thank you

[@anuragrai8283]

Valmiki Ramayana consists of verses that clearly state Ram to be an avatar of Vishnu. It is dated to be as old as 200 BCE. It wasn`t the kings that deitified him, he already was a deity since the conception of the epic. Rama may have assumed political role with Indian kings portraying themselves as Rama in their wars against invaders but politics is a part of the Hindu religion for time immemorial. Hindu religion clearly states the duties of an ideal king, the most ideal being Rama himself and his reign "Raam rajya" being the most prosperous and peaceful. So, it is only natural that Indian kings adhering to Hinduism would model their governance in the spirit of Ram rajya and assume the spirit of the deity Ram in their governance.

[@hemishshah6666]

@@anuragrai8283 I have read valmiki ramayana. There's no verse which states Ram to be Narayana or incarnation of God. It was tulsidas ramcharitmanas which glorified Ram into becoming God. You can quote any verse of valmiki ramayana, to prove your point though. I'm up for relearning. Anyways, uttar Kanda is an interpolation, and not part of the real ramayana...so make sure to quote authentic ramayana.

[@bhaskarpathak7924]

​@@hemishshah6666valmiki ramayan bal kanda sarga 15,16,17,18 76, yuddha kanda sarg 128,118 etc. Clearly mention that rama is swayam narayan

[@bhaskarpathak7924]

​@@hemishshah6666 stop spreading your fake leftist Propaganda

[@anuragrai8283]

@@hemishshah6666 you should probably read it again then. There's a popular narrative that Tulsidaas invented more stuff (should you choose to dispute the truth about his own personal revelations by the divine) and I get where you're coming from but you'd actually find that most of it is infact consistent with the og sanskrit ramayana. ✌️

[@sarvartha-the-everything]

If anyone wants to learn how to peddle propaganda with carefully planted distorted history and facts, please follow this guy. He is very good at it!

[@hindurashtra63]

Meanwhile, in the room next to him.. "Mera Yesu Yesu.. "

[@mental9453]

Hahahaha.. this historian is very biased. Some rationales are logic defying

[@kartikmore9228]

What is hindu rashtra

[@bhaskarpathak7924]

​@@kartikmore9228a place where our heads will remain attached to our body if someone support a politician unlike kanhaiyalal who was murdered by a religion full of terrorists

[@rex6418]

​@@kartikmore9228A place hindu lives

[@pruthvikumar3217]

Who all want the same kind of an episode on how prophet muhamat became the most important face in Islam. What was the basis of him claiming to be the only and last messenger?? Print walo....plz do that.

[@guruprasadravi307]

Vijayanagara is the current city Hampe

[@nrusimha11]

I could look past the subversive ‘history’ creation out of the deeper truth of Itihasa by Shri Kanisetty, but not the ‘westernised’ pronunciation of his own last name. There is irony and a deeper truth hiding somewhere in there.

[@yj9032]

your "itihaasa" is nothing more that unproven fairy tales. What Kanisetti talks about is well researched fact. Brainwashed people like you won't understand this.

[@millennialmind9507]

Romila Thapar light (Male version)😅

[@diptyprakashswain1121]

Politics make him 🎉🎉hero.

[@kartikmore9228]

In recent years it's only and only due to politics ...As a maharashtrian i witnessed the changes that lord ram took place of aradhyadaivata vithhal in MH

[@dv9239]

Same here in Hyderabad The BJP fanatics are borderline forcing their hindutva on people I'm seeing Rama replace Yadadri Narasimha

[@millennialmind9507]

Let's assume you are a good devotee, tell me who said this "Vishnumay jag, vaishnavancha dharma", said by a very renowned Vitthal bhakta

[@anirudh2704]

​@millennialmind9507 lol he is not hindu nor he cares. We ignore such people in maharashtra

[@anirudh2704]

चल बे काम कर

[@feku_kejruddin_raul]

😂😂बिल्कुल सही बात बोली भाई। भाई वो फेंकु है, झूठा है। 🤣🤣किसी को भी नीचे से उठा कर सीधे प्रधानमंत्री बना दिया जाएगा तो यही होगा। Reservation quota होने के बाद भी डिग्री नहीं ले पाया गदहा कहीं का। फेंकू के हर decision में उसके dumb दिमाग की झलक दिखाई देती है। फेंकू के हर decision में उसका background दिखाई देता है। एक गँवार देहाती को राष्ट्रपति बना दिया। मंदिरों के गर्भगृह में घुस जाता है। इसीलिए देश में भूकंप, बाढ़, landslides हो रहे हैं। अब बोल रहे हैं कि श्री राम भगवान के मन्दिर का उद्घाटन भी यही मनहूस करेगा... यही दिन देखने बाकी थे। बीजेपी मध्य प्रदेश में 100 करोड़ का Ravidas मन्दिर बना रही है, जैसे उसके बाप का पैसा हो। हद्द है BC...इनका राज आ गया है। देश का बेड़ा गर्क कर रखा है। 2024 में इसको इसकी जगह पर पहुंचा देंगे। ये है तो बस bjp दफ्तर के बाहर झाड़ू लगाने लायक.. वैसे भी ये पनौती है 🤣 देश को वर्ल्डकप हरा दिया..इनकी शक्ल दिख जाए तो... राहुलजी को केजरीवाल से गठबंधन करना चाहिए..

[@neerajtrar]

To the print team.... please create a playlist of the mediaeval episodes...would be more accessible

[@JinSakai_Kuroudo]

it's quite simple, you can do it yourself. click onthe + button then add it to a play list, if you make it public then we all can enjoy

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi Neeraj, Here is a link to the playlist - kzbin.info/aero/PLfa0eRI2uIaSrZmoxXdjSaH44Vq7UVYY1

[@askingrightquestions]

Funny that islamic aggressors are addressed as srimad( in previous video).. but god is addressed without respect.. it’s Lord Ram or Bhagavan Ram or Shri Ram

[@arnabkantitarafder5782]

Rama and Krishna are incarnations of Vishnu, who has over 1000 names. This video is wrong, and it is not political "hindu gods". This is not abrahamic religion. This guy's talk is a talk made up by people who does not have much clue about hinduism. No talk about what invaders did, could have provided one line. But avoided it. Media should be educated more.

[@lordofsnowandsky]

rama is a high moral to follow...and is hard to follow among the animalistic victorious kings of indian subcontinent history

[@JinSakai_Kuroudo]

please use your mother tongue, you make no sense

[@sampuspitakumarajiva8930]

bold of you to assume Ram had high morals

[@lordofsnowandsky]

@@sampuspitakumarajiva8930 cowards are always welcome

[@BaalshastriPandit]

This video is totally unnecessary.

[@maheshshastri5245]

Why Sheldon Pollock or other western historians need to be quoted don't We have Bharatiya scholars and researchers .It seems the validation from westerners, a colonial hangover is still lurking in our academicians and they still need a nod from the bura babus

[@pradeei.g7478]

Hinduism has room for new thinking and newer inclusions unlike Abrahamic religions. However most Jewish practices were cleverly appropriated into islam to gain acceptance from the then Jewish community. Appropriating Jerusalem into Christianity and Islam was more of a political move than religious.

[@IsrealBharath]

7:41 Dude has no idea about history. Krishna Deva Raya's (KDR) major foes where Bahmini Sultans and they were literally chased and defeated by KDR throughout his regime. These Islamic barbarians feared KDR and infact, after the Battle of Raichur in 1520, KDR asked Adil Shah to kiss his feat as a token for apology. This insult was so bad that this spread across central Asia and Adil Shah never the same person after this scar. KDR hardly fourth 3 battles with Gajapathis and on all occasions he was victorious. In fact, Gajapatis became the vasslas of Vijayanagara and paid taxes. Don't try to paint a appeasing picture to your verbal BS.

[@DhsA]

"A vanara monkeyman believed to have aided Rama". Just say "Hanuman". Everyone knows who Hanuman is. This kind of description feels derogatory.

[@continuity1845]

raghuvansham written by kalidas in 5th century

[@harshu1177]

Please explain in hindi ..or in English that is understandable

[@Marca001]

5:37 Please read more history which is ground in fact.Early islamic conquest of india was most brutal not only reflecting distruction of temple and repression of few thousands invaders to overall masses but also at time muslim chronicles discribe............Please read chronicles at time ..genocide of hindus main affairs...Major Bal Vivah practice is alive example of repressions......... EXPECTING MUCH BETTER AND NUANCE UNDERSTANDING ......not left wing propganda.....

[@guruprasadravi307]

It’s not Vijayanagara, It’s Karnataka Samrajya.

[@kumarmanik15]

Political??!!

[@user-kp9qv2fu5i]

Journalist should have considered Rama temple at Java Sumatra , Combodia where in 10th and 11th centuries temple with Ramayan reliefs were made by South Indian rulers. Half hearted effort , not wanting to research real Indian hero.

[@drodro7672]

They were not made by South Indian kings but by Javanese or Khmer kings themselves. South East Asia Indianization must not be understood as a kind of ancient " Western colonisation and subsequent Westernisation " phenomenon. But as rather a cultural diffusion through commerce and exchanges.

[@sanjeevbatish9879]

What you call research is cut, copy paste trash. The research by foreigners is without connecting with the matha's where the idea of Rama has been explained. This is at best a poor capture of so called history.

[@Manya-cn6oc]

He is a woke distorian

[@akshaysen6778]

Uncle your most videos are biased more favourable to south Indian and this represents mentality toward north Indian and western part of India uncle grow up

[@TheArb6]

i am follower of Indra

[@southpole4776]

Shiva #1

[@PRASHANTRAI-xg5it]

he missed the philosophy

[@yj9032]

People who believe that monkeys built a bridge to sri lanka are crying in comments

[@Artrader_em8ko]

Yes, that’s strange. But flying in a horse or breaking Moon into two or waking up from dead is real n logical!

[@Aryaveer_jadli]

next video idea: how chuslam began as a political desert ideology, and converted people across globes. and how converted chuslims in india, are more faithfull to ummah than real muslims

[@vamshikrishna9916]

This kind of twisted understanding of deities is only possible with toolkit media outlets alone.. They don't have balls to create these kind of episodes wrt peaceful religion.. Toolkit gang for a reason...

[@daniket.98]

Are Bhai Bhai Bhai Bhai! @ThePrint, any vacancies? A humble advice. Learn the scriptures from their institutions, NOT historians.

[@TheBhoomiPutra]

The Dashavatara itself is incorrect

[@darzhanacf8983]

Sir could you please elaborate .(like seriously)

[@randmht9976]

Good now make a series of same dissection with Islam.

[@vladivostok853]

babu kanisetti, cherry pick chesi cheppaku facts ni

[@ashuricha]

We don’t like this person Aniruddh Kannisetti. Can you please stop giving airtime to him in the print.

[@rka-truthalwayswins5127]

When will @Print declare Jesus Christ & Allah as Christian & Islamic political gods??!!

[@Savi3_1]

What a load of BS.

[@TheMediaBot]

Anyone who calls Ram as Rama and Vijaynagar as Vijaynagara cannot be taken seriously, no matter how many books they claim to have written. Try to peddle this west influenced understanding of India somewhere else my friend.

[@nandans2506]

That's how we call it in the south. Vijayanagara is a kannada word, we add a at the end all the time

[@drodro7672]

Areh BIMARU Urdunamazi bhaiya ! South Indian languages didn't know the schwa delation like your Persianised UP/Bihari or Punjab languages. Final -a in Sanskrit word was retained almost same in Dakshin languages. That's why even if these languages are not Indo-European languages and not formed from Sanskrit or Prakrits, they retain a more accurate pronunciation of Sanskrit than your BIMARUsthani + Akhand Panjab aur Sindh bhashya ! Farsiyon Munde wanabee Pandit or Pandita !

[@TheMediaBot]

@@drodro7672 arey or arre, not areh. Tum south Indians sab words ke end mein H kyu lagate ho. Hindi=Sanskrit is beyond you mate, learn Kannada or something, I hear nowadays the educated Kannadigas burn down shops if the hoarding is not in English haha.

[@TheMediaBot]

@@nandans2506 I see my bad. But the point about Ram still stands if indeed he was from Ayodhya.

[@nandans2506]

@@TheMediaBot i understand that it might be Ram in sanskrit but in our languages we still call him Rama, we add 'a' to almost all names and that's how we have referred to Ram as for centuries (in various literary works). It's fine as long as we are referring to the same thing

[@sajithakalathil5098]

This guy 😅😂😂