{"podcast":{"title":"The Stories of the Ramayana","slug":"the-stories-of-the-ramayana-7366034","podcast_index_feed_id":7366034,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/683c836f62f4742d48413b92","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/the-stories-of-the-ramayana","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1748795788128-91dfa2cb-5650-43aa-aeb6-0131b4119d61.jpeg","author":"Sudipta Bhawmik","episode_count":17,"summary":"The ancient Indian epic \"The Ramayana\" is loved and revered by millions worldwide. Sudipta Bhawmik (the creator of the popular podcast The Stories of Mahabharata) retells the stories of the Ramayana in his unique dramatic style. An epic tale of good versus evil, the Ramayana chronicles the journey of Ram, the prince of Ayodhya, and how he conquers the rakshas king Ravana. The podcast follows the Valmika Ramayana as the reference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stories-of-the-ramayana-7366034"},"episode":{"title":"Ramayana Episode 9: The Wedding of Ram and Sita","slug":"ramayana-episode-9-the-wedding-of-ram-and-sita","published_at":"2025-10-16T14:07:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stories-of-the-ramayana-7366034/ramayana-episode-9-the-wedding-of-ram-and-sita","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stories-of-the-ramayana-7366034","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-stories-of-the-ramayana/episodes/ramayana-episode-9-the-wedding-of-ram-and-sita","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/683c836f62f4742d48413b92/e/68f0fc128139b87ab00e5cfa/media.mp3","summary":"Viswamitra brought Ram and Lakshman to King Janak's palace to see the divine bow of Shiva . Janak declared that only the man who could string the bow would marry his daughter, Sita . Ram effortlessly lifted and then shattered the mighty bow while trying to string it. Ram married Sita, and his brothers Lakshman, Bharat, and Shatrughna married Urmila, Mandavi, and Shrutakirti , respectively. On their return to Ayodhya, they encountered the fearsome sage Parashuram , whose bow Ram also strung and released an arrow from, humbling the sage. Written, narrated, and directed by Sudipta Bhawmik SFX and audio design by Anirban Chakrabarty Audio engineering by Souman Paul Cover art by Google Gemini Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Viswamitra brought Ram and Lakshman to King Janak's palace to see the divine bow of Shiva . Janak declared that only the man who could string the bow woul…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1571,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-stories-of-the-ramayana-7366034/episodes/ramayana-episode-9-the-wedding-of-ram-and-sita/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stories-of-the-ramayana-7366034/ramayana-episode-9-the-wedding-of-ram-and-sita.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}