Entertainment · Books & Arts · 8 hrs ago
Vikram Goyal highlights overlooked figures from the Ramayana
At Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, Dussehra brings crowds together to watch the Ramayana performed.
Artist Vikram Goyal looks beyond the story’s best-known characters to figures who receive less attention.
They include Jatayu, the demigod vulture, Garuda, the heroic eagle, and Sushena, the monkey physician.
Their roles are central to the story, Goyal believes.
Their stories also express sacrifice and loyalty, themes that help explain why these figures matter.
The Ramayana’s retellings continue across India, but the story gives no details about what Goyal will do next.
Artist Vikram Goyal focused on lesser-noticed figures from the Ramayana rather than its leading characters.
These figures include Jatayu, Garuda and Sushena.
Goyal saw them as central to the story and to its themes of sacrifice and loyalty.
The article describes the Ramayana as a story retold across India and associated with the victory of good over evil.
- Who
- Artist Vikram Goyal.
- What
- He highlighted figures from the Ramayana who are often overlooked.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- He felt these figures were central to the story and embodied themes of sacrifice and loyalty.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
This story does not have a timeline yet.
- Artist
- Vikram Goyal
- Figures
- Jatayu, Garuda and Sushena
- Jatayu
- Demigod vulture
- Garuda
- Heroic eagle
- Sushena
- Monkey physician