Dear RRRChola, Like TP and Eternal Sunshine, I am now happy that you are a genuine inquirer. At first, I thought you were one of those "rationalists" from TamilNadu, who blindly attack Hinduism from all angles, tramping on the Ramayana, in particular. I am sorry, I misunderstood you first. I agree with both TP and Eternal Sunshine, in their comments to you. We wish we could help you a lot more.
With Hinduism, you will find that, as the oldest religion in the world, it has accumulated many, many explanations over several generations. It has not sought to "standardise" even important notions, such as God-head, worshipping through either Pooja or meditation and so on. But, remarkably, on their own, Hindus have come to a standard, throughout this world. Now Hindus live in almost every major country in this world. Therefore, it does take some patient study of some good books and attending "Upanyasas" by learned Gurus. May I suggest, you start with Rajaji's Tamil version of the Ramayana, "Chakravarthi ThiruMagan" or any of "Cho" Ramaswamy's books on Hinduism. Kavignar Kannadasan's "Artrhamulla Hindu Madham" is very very good for people of all ages and outlooks. Please visit the book shop at Mylapore: Ramakrishna Book Depot. You can also spend time at the Library of Ramakrishna Matam in T'Nagar Chennai. At Uththandi, near Chennai, you can listen to Swami Sudhbhavananda on his discourses. Both in English and Tamil, since you know both languages well, you will find many books.
