Poetry of India 52/100: Kuvempu’s ‘Sri Ramayana Darshanam’ and the Reimagining of an Epic
Part 52 of The Poetry Pulse’s 100-part journey through Indian poetry. Kuvempu’s Sri Ramayana Darshanam is a major Kannada literary reimagining of the Ramayana. Rather than simply repeating an inherited epic, Kuvempu reshapes its philosophical and human questions through a modern literary vision. The work shows how an old narrative can remain alive when a poet engages it creatively instead of trea…
