Krittivasi Ramayan: the Bengali Ramayana nobody could ban

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Two widowed queens have a child by Shiva's blessing in this Ramayana.

Krittibas Ojha's Bengali Ramayan (14th or 15th century) follows seven books but localizes and dramatizes. Most manuscripts are 18th century or later; first printed edition Serampore 1803. It includes the Bhagiratha birth story, where two widowed queens conceive with Shiva's blessing. It influenced Tulsidas, Madhusudan Dutt and Tagore. The 18th-century raja Krishnachandra Roy reportedly tried to ban people from reading it.

Who: Krittibas Ojha, Bhagiratha, Dilipa

Bound to

Mahiravana: Hanuman's five faces in Patala located-at

Places: Bengal, Serampore

Where this comes from

regional-literary · Wikipedia: Krittivasi Ramayan

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