Ramayana, Mahabharata partly fictitious: Noted writer S L Bhairappa
Bengaluru: Noted writer S L Bhairappa on Thursday asserted the two of the most epic stories of Indian history, Ramayana and Mahabharata are partly fictitious and stories.
He was speaking at the five-day national conference on ‘Mahabharat Sandesh’ jointly organised by Bharatiya Vidyabhavan and ISKCON.
“If you see the time and space of the two epics, you will find several myths in it. But what is important is the deep meaning it has” he said.
“If you observe closely, is it possible that a 31-year old Bheem and an 80-year old Jarasandha can fight it it out for three longs days? Similarly, Virata Nagara is a hill-station, is it possible for them to go on chariots and fight a war on such a place?” he further questioned.
“It is also natural to question how a person aged above 85-year old wrote Mahabharata in the extremely cold weather of Badrinath. Despite all this myths and fictions we have rooted our culture from Mahabharata and Ramayana” he said.
“But these fictions and stories have profound meaning” he added before concluding.
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Death toll in Mundathikode fireworks explosion rises to 16
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): One more person who had been hospitalised following the Mundathikode fireworks explosion died at Thrissur Medical College on Sunday, police said.
With this, the death toll in the incident has risen to 16.
According to Thrissur Medical College police, the deceased has been identified as Unnikrishnan from Edappal, who was among the 38 persons present at the fireworks manufacturing unit in Mundathikode where the explosions occurred on April 21.
Police said Unnikrishnan had suffered over 80 per cent burns and had remained in critical condition.
The condition of the two other injured persons remains critical, police said.
Of the 38 persons present at the site, 16 have died, while four remain missing.
The fireworks were being manufactured for Thiruvambady Devaswom as part of the Thrissur Pooram festivities.
The licensee of the unit had also suffered burn injuries and had died earlier.
