{"product_id":"ramayana-versus-mahabharata-my-playful-comparison","title":"Ramayana Versus Mahabharata : My Playful Comparison - Paperback","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt is a popular belief that the Ramayana is idealistic, while the Mahabharata is realistic. Yet these two epics have identical building blocks, identical themes, and identical history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this ground-breaking book, Devdutt Pattanaik, India’s most popular mythologist, explores the similarities and dissimilarities between the two epics in a ‘playful analysis’ accompanied by his signature illustrations. Whether it is the family structure, forest exile, or war, the comparison between the two epics proves a startling point—the Mahabharata is in fact a reaction to the events in the Ramayana.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIdeas in this book are distributed over 56 chapters. In temple ritual, Vishnu is offered 8 different meals daily, different on all seven days of the week—56 dishes in all. May each chapter serve as a mouth-watering offering to the Vishnu within you.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Rupa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32146480595010,"sku":"","price":295.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/1414_79885ae3-e211-484a-8e51-37101c5f6901.jpg?v=1617891749","url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/ramayana-versus-mahabharata-my-playful-comparison","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}