Book Review by #LITEROMA :: "Urmila" by Devi Raghuvanshi

** Thanks to the author for gifting us a review copy of the book. **

** Thanks to our reviewer Yuva Ranjini for reviewing the book on behalf of Literoma. **

Genre: Mythology
Sub genre: Religion
Pages: 145

The amount of happiness, peace, sacred and divine when you read two epics of Hindu which can’t be measured. That is why I love divinity that gives us an unmatching deep sense of time and satisfaction. So diving into the epics have its perk of what one can treasure up from the serenity of living amid mountains and forests and How it looks like to follow the duty and sacrificing their wants and needs?

Devi Raghuvanshi never fails to amuse his readers with his every word and style. I admire his writings, his urge to write and the feat he achieved so far. This book is about his finest delivers of the stature of the epic character by reiterating the Ramayana. Effortlessly he rewrote the tale of Ramayana of the forgotten parts of Urmila, Laxman’s wife that was missed telling to the world. To be honest, I have read Ramayana many times but overlooked the part of Urmila who actually sacrificed more than others. The love, devotion and loyalty of her not only appreciated but left unmoored and unsung.

From this book, I loved how the author has easily attempted to write the glory of the tale that we missed to notice. And putting his good research together he pegged the Vedic times devoured. Exactly that is what I love the most is the depiction not losing its very essence. Anyone interested in these topics can find recluse reading this book.

My Ratings: 4*/5*.

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