Season 1 • Episode 78
LatestShri Ram reaches Ayodhya. People sing and dance in joy. He makes obeisance to Guru Vashishth, meets his mothers, and embraces Bharat. They proceed to the palace. On the way, Shri Ram expresses his desire to visit mother Kaikayees apartment. As Bharat does not enter the room, Shri Ram tells him to apologize to his mother. Even their father has forgiven her. Bharat touches his mother's feet and Kaikayee embraces him. The coronation of Shri Ram. Guru Vashishth crowns Shri Ram and Sita. The people sing praises of Shri Ram.
Ramayan is a highly successful and phenomenally popular Indian epic television series created, written, and directed by Ramanand Sagar. The 78 episode series originally aired weekly on Doordarshan from 25 January 1987, to 31 July 1988, on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. IST. It is a television adaptation of the ancient Indian Hindu religious epic of the same name and is primarily based on Valmiki's Ramayan and Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas. It is also partly derived from portions of Kamban's Ramavataram and other works.
Production
Ramanand Sagar's obsessive 5.5 year devotion to every frame
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI divine miracles done with smoke, mirrors, and pure belief
Acting
Arun Govil so convincingly divine, people still worship his photographs
Creator
Ramanand Sagar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
During its original run, streets emptied across India and Nepal—some states declared Sunday morning a virtual curfew. The show earned a Guinness-adjacent record for most-watched mythological series globally.
Dara Singh (Hanuman) was already a wrestling legend; Arun Govil reportedly avoided meat and alcohol during filming to maintain 'purity.' The 1988 cast reunion episode drew higher ratings than some cricket matches.
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