Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág<p>Today on <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/WomensEpics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensEpics</span></a>:<br>Chandravati's Ramayana</p><p>This is a retelling of the Ramayana by a Bengali poet named Chandravati. She lived in the 16th century, and re-wrote the epic to distract herself from heartache. <br>Her retelling focuses on Sita's perspective, the horrors of war, and compassion between women that crosses battle lines. It survives to this day in the oral tradition.</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2025/04/c-is-for-candravatis-ramayana-womens.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com</span><span class="invisible">/2025/04/c-is-for-candravatis-ramayana-womens.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/AtoZChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtoZChallenge</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/epics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epics</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storytelling</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a></p>