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Indian storyteller

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modern Hindu mythology

  • Ravana
    In Hinduism: Vernacular literatures

    …with their mythological heritage by pauranikas, tellers of the ancient stories and heirs of the sutas of 3,000 years ago, and no festival ground is complete without tents where the religious are reminded of their myths by pious speakers, modestly compensated by fees but richly rewarded by the honor in…

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