Wednesday, November 5, 2014

THE HINDUS OF INDONESIA’S MOST POPULOUS ISLAND, Java,



BY RAJIV MALIKJAVA, INDONESIA
JAVA HAS BEEN A PART OF HINDU TRADItion since ancient times, finding first mention in theRamayana as Yawadvipa. It was one of the many places that Sugriva, ruler of the monkey kingdom of Kishkindha, sent his men to search for Lord Rama’s wife, Sita, after her abduction by Ravana. For thousands of years it has been depicted in the Ramlila dance dramas (and lately in television serials) as a huge, lushly green forested area and known as such to every Indian child.

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