Look I have long postponed typing this article because I didn’t want to increase animosity between tamils and other indians but i think its time now. This is what I have heard about the origin and purpose of Ramayana. The cause for writing Ramayana was not to portray the victory of good over evil but that to create a victory of vaishnavites over worshippers of Shiva or in racist form maybe Aryans over Dravidians or a victory of northerners over south. This is why Ravana is portrayed as devotee of Shiva, asuras are dark in color and Rama is portrayed as fair, from Ayodhya but Asuras are from south including tamil areas in both india and srilanka. First given both Valmiki and Kamban are Brahmins. The Cholas ruled from 300 BC to 1200 AD in tamil areas including northern parts of Sri lanka. This was a golden period in tamil history. Lots of Brahmins started moving into the tamil areas from the north in this time because of the wealth and prosperity in the Chola regions. The Cholas where staunch supporters of Shiva and opposed and sometimes hated Vaishnavite beliefs. This is why they didnt build a single significant Vishnu temple (except srirangam which was built as a gift by a chola king). They built over 50 of the greatest Shiva temples ex. tanjore, gangaikonda cholapuram, chidambaram, poolanurva(sri lanka swamimalai, thirukadaiyur, Tiruvarur, thiruvaiyaru, poolanurva(sri lanka), kumbakonam ........ Now an obvious friction between the Brahmins in Chola kingdom and the Cholas w
