INTRODUCTION
Sage Valmiki is celebrated as the author of the great Hindu epic Ramayana.He was born during Treta Yuga.
Ramayana, contained the details of various incidents occurred during the life of Lord Rama. The Ramayana tells the story of Rama, king of Ayodhya, about his birth, marriage life, life in forest, fight with ravana, killing him and rescue of Mata Sita, with the help of Lord Hanuman and Lord Sugriva.
It is also believed that Valmiki also lived during the period of Rama. Rama met Valmiki and Valmiki gave shelter to Sita in his ashram and took care of her two children.
It is believed that Valmiki was born in the banks of the holy river ganges. At his younger age, he lived as a thief to safeguard his family. Due to the advice of Rishi Narada, he turned out to be a holy man, and began doing severe penance by chanting Rama Mantra,RAMA,RAMA, for a long period of time. Due to that, he was covered with anthills and hence he was called as “VALMIKI”.He also learnt the vedas and Hindu scriptures from Rishi Narada.
Valmiki later composed the entire Ramayana with the blessings of Lord Brahma.
Valmiki is considered as the first poet and Ramayana written by him was considered as the first poem.
IMPORTANCE
It is suggested that people should worship the great sage Valmiki, in order to get good knowledge in all the subjects. Tulsidas was the incarnation of Sage Valmiki, and he composed the Ramcharita manas, the Hindi version of Ramayana
At Tiruvanmiyur,Chennai nearby bus terminus, a small temple is dedicated to the great sage Valmiki. It is believed that the temple got constructed more than 1300 years ago.
Let us worship the great sage “VALMIKI”, and be blessed.
“OM SREE VALMIKI MAHARISHIYE NAMAHA” “JAI SREERAM” “JAI MATA SITA” “JAI HANUMAN”
WRITTEN BY R.HARISHANKAR
