{"id":2247,"date":"2026-07-13T13:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2247"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:32:40","slug":"prachi-pathak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2247","title":{"rendered":"Prachi Pathak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PRACHI PATHAK<br>Somaiya Vidyavihar University\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 prachi@somaiya.edu\u00a0 prachi@somaiya.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ECO-AESTHETICS OF THE EPIC: RIVERS AND WOODLANDS IN THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE <em>\u0100NANDAR\u0100M\u0100YA\u1e46A<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em>, the Sanskrit text that narrates the story of R\u0101ma, has been presented through multiple retellings. Amongst various such retellings, <em>\u0100nandar\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em>\u00a0 is a popular sectarian text belonging to the 15th-16th century CE. As compared to the V\u0101lm\u012bki <em>R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em>, there are multiple variations in the content of the story of <em>\u0100nandar\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em>. Unlike V\u0101lm\u012bki <em>R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em>, the <em>\u0100nandar\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em> describes the pilgrimage of R\u0101ma and S\u012bt\u0101 in the chapter titled <em>Y\u0101tr\u0101 K\u0101\u1e47\u1e0da<\/em>. It covers various sacred locations such as Pray\u0101ga, Gay\u0101, Kany\u0101kumar\u012b, Badar\u012bn\u0101tha etc., in all the quarters of the Indian subcontinent existing in that era as well as it describes in detail the rivers like Ga\u1e45g\u0101, Sarayu etc. and the primary water bodies namely the <em>t\u012brth<\/em>as developed around these rivers. The sacred geography including the auspicious rivers, flora and fauna makes this journey a reflection of the rich dataset of information in that era. Through this database, the paper attempts to map the ritualistic approach towards these locations as portrayed in a few other compositions of Sanskrit Literature. It also tries to compare the famous journey of exile of R\u0101ma with this journey of pilgrimage. This research can also contribute to the \u201c<em>R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em> Circuit\u201d with special reference to the eco-aesthetics of the <em>\u0100nandar\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em>,\u00a0 which is prominently focused in current cultural and tourism research. Through the textual analysis and comparative study of various compositions the paper would cover the analysis of rivers, forests and pilgrimages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRACHI PATHAKSomaiya Vidyavihar University\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 prachi@somaiya.edu\u00a0 prachi@somaiya.edu ECO-AESTHETICS OF THE EPIC: RIVERS AND WOODLANDS IN THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE \u0100NANDAR\u0100M\u0100YA\u1e46A The R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a, the Sanskrit text that narrates the story of R\u0101ma, has been presented through multiple retellings. Amongst various such retellings, \u0100nandar\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a\u00a0 is a popular sectarian text belonging to the 15th-16th century CE. As compared to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2247","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2248,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2247\/revisions\/2248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}