Ramayana
The Ramayana is a major Hindu romantic epic tracing the efforts and adventures of Rama to recover his wife Sita, who was kidnapped by the demon Ravana.
The Khmer version is the known in Cambodia as the Reamker (Rama’s glory) or Ramakerti (Rama’s story), and in Thailand it is the Ramakien.
Please also see:
- The in-depth articles in My Journal about the Legend of Rama
- Images of The Ramayana at Angkor, Cambodia ⧉
Also in Angkorpedia
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