Andhra Talk: Is Lord Rama A Fiction?

Lord Rama is the epitome of Ideal Man. He has been the icon of dharma for large set of population. But the central government dropped a petition in SC stating that Lord Rama is a myth and his story is only a fiction. It took the support of Archeological Survey of India that stated that there are no archeological evidences found in support of the existence of Lord Rama. But is a mere non-availability of archaeological evidence enough to declare that Lord Rama is a myth? Rama's story took place way back eons that today's archeology cannot touch the traces of it.

Let me share some things said by our ancient sages during the calculation of time. They have no calculators to count numbers to fractions, no telescopes to look into space and no microscope to examine the cells and atoms. But still they were successful in naming nine planets, knowing the nature of sun and moon, classifying a year into twelve months, and dividing each month into two equal halves as 'Krisna Paksha' and 'Sukla Paksha' and in turn the same month into four weeks. The same was adopted by English calendar as well although the beginning of the year varies. Sages could accomplish all this with their invincible thought power and clairvoyance.

Now coming to the point the same sages broadly classified the time into 4 yugas.

Kritha Yuga- 34,56,000 years
Treta Yuga- 17,28,000 years
Dwapara Yuga- 8,64,000 years
Kaliyuga- span of 4,32,000 years

We are in Kaliyuga and completed 5107 years as on 2007 AD, March.

As per astrological calculations Mahabharatha war took place somewhere around 3300 BC at Kurukshetra. So, that's just about 5300 years ago. So, that's almost the conclusion of Dwaparayuga. We have Egyptian mummies of about 4500 years old. Looking at the archaeological evidence for Mahabharatha period, we have Dwaraka which was found in sea near Gujarat. Since there is no culture of pyramids and mummifying corpses in India we have none of them. Dwaraka also is in sea that has gone in floods, earthquakes and continental drift.

Since Mahabharatha took place just 5200 years ago, we have this big evidence of Dwaraka. But Ramayana took place in Tretayuga. So, just imagine. That's way back some 9 lakh years ago. What archaeological evidences we have that narrates the days of 9 lakh years ago? We hardly find a few broken, decayed skeletons of dinosaurs. We find the pieces of bones of that huge animal. How can we find something related to mankind of that time? The continental drift, soil erosions, earthquakes and many geographical and geological factors would certainly influence each and every remaining of that time. They all would have swallowed by the deep layers of earth and immersed into soil by changing the original forms.

The only archaeological evidence that supports the existence of Rama is Rama Sethu between India and Srilanka. NASA took the pictures of that and apparently concluded that it is supporting the time of Ramayana. But we Indians are ruling out our own backbone of culture and civilization. Ramayana is beyond time. The intellectual muscle of Archaeological survey of India is not sufficient to unearth the bits and traces of Ramayana era from earthily soil. But it can be dug out from the hearts of millions of Hindus living in the sub continent and across the world. The beliefs are deep rooted and Lord Rama is the soul of those beliefs.