Tamil Heritage

[Venkatraman Iyer]

>By the way Sita's chastity was given a new dimension in medieval times in
>India,by saying that Ravana was able to abduct only the maayaa Sita not the
>real Sita. Valmiki makes no such apology.  >However, the Greeks have a
>tradition as old as Euripides
>who postulates that a maayaa Helen was abducted by Paris not the real one.
>So is the supra-chastity notion of the deep  South or the far North?

Yes, Sita's chastity was given a new dimension in
the South. By Kamban in his Ramayana. Ravana
could never touch Sita, he digs deep into the soil
and carries away the earth.

Best,
V. Iyer



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