Hindu religion. Each year, many devout pilgrims trace his journey
through India, halting at each of the holy sites along the way. The
poem is not seen as just a literary monument, but serves as an
integral part of Hinduism, and is held in such reverence that the mere
reading or hearing of it, or certain passages of it, is believed by
Hindus to free them from sin and bless the reader or listener.
According to Hindu (particularly the Vaishnava) tradition, Rama is an
incarnation (Avatar) of the God Vishnu. The main purpose of this
incarnation is to demonstrate the righteous path (dharma) for all
living creatures on earth.
Arshia Sattar states that the central theme of the Ramayana, as well
as the Mahabharata, is respectively Ram's and Krishna's hidden
divinity and its progressive revelation.
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