Countries Other Than India That Celebrate Ramayana

Ramakien is one of the national epics of Thailand, and is yet another version and celebration of Ramayana. The character of Ravana is known by the name of Tosakanth in this version.

Thailand

Ramayana’s Burmese version is known by the name of Yama Zatdaw, or Yamayana. Rather than just a translated version, it is a unique adaptation of the legendary epic.

Myanmar

The Khmer adaptation of Ramayana is known as Reamker in Cambodia. It is yet another regional version of the Indian epic, and is unique and different from the Indian narrative.

Cambodia

Kakawin Ramayana is the Indonesian adaptation of Ramayana. It is believed that Ramayana came to Indonesia around the 8th-9th century, and was written in the old Javanese language.

Indonesia

'Phra Lak Phra Ram' is the national novel of the Lao people, and is the Lao adaptation of the Dasaratha Jataka, a story narrating one of the previous life of Buddha as a Bodhisattva named Rama.

Laos

Hikayat Seri Rama is the Malay literary adaptation. The main story remains the same but some aspects of it were slightly modified to a local context such as the spelling and pronunciation of names.

Malaysia

In Sri Lanka, the story of Ramayana by the name 'Janki Haran' is quite a popular story depictin the events of the great epic.

Sri Lanka