Ramayana — The Journey Home
Painting: Ayodhya palace courtyard beside the Sarayu, dawn

Ramayana — The Journey Home

An adaptation of Valmiki Ramayana

Begin the journey

Ramayana — The Journey Home is a free story game that you play in a web browser. It retells the Ramayana of Maharishi Valmiki in 9 chapters and 43 stages, from the princes’ youth in Ayodhya to Ram’s coronation after the war in Lanka.

Walk beside Ram. Leap across the ocean as Hanuman.

Begin in Ayodhya. Follow the sage into the forest.

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This game adapts the main journey of Valmiki Ramayana, from Ayodhya through Ravan’s defeat, reunion and coronation. Uttara Kanda is outside this telling.

You inhabit different characters at their story moments. The major outcomes remain fixed; your movement, tactics and exploration bring you through them.

Dialogue is original adaptation, not a verbatim translation. Some passages and supporting battles are condensed. The reference text follows the chapter numbering of ValmikiRamayan.net.

This game retells the Ramayana with respect. The story is followed as Valmiki tells it, and revered figures are shown with dignity.

Suitable for all ages; contains scenes of battle without gore.

Combat, loss and the Agni episode are part of the story. Cinematics can be paused or skipped. Scenes are staged in the game world. Dialogue is voiced in Hindi with English subtitles; subtitle and voice languages can be changed in Settings.

Each stage names the kanda and sarga of the Valmiki Ramayana it adapts. The story is shown in 298 painted scenes, spoken Hindi dialogue and playable moments in 3D.

Chapters

  1. Painting: Ayodhya palace courtyard beside the Sarayu, dawn

    Chapter 1 · Ayodhya’s princes

    Bala Kanda · 3 stages

  2. Painting: Mithila, Janak's court hall, day

    Chapter 2 · Mithila

    Bala Kanda · 3 stages

  3. Painting: Ayodhya palace courts, day

    Chapter 3 · Exile

    Ayodhya Kanda · 5 stages

  4. Painting: Dandaka forest, deep trees and tall grass

    Chapter 4 · Forest and separation

    Aranya Kanda · 6 stages

  5. Painting: Rishyamuka hill above Pampa

    Chapter 5 · Kishkindha

    Kishkindha Kanda · 5 stages

  6. Painting: Mahendra summit

    Chapter 6 · Hanuman in Lanka

    Sundara Kanda · 6 stages

  7. Painting: Southern shore camp, ocean beyond, day

    Chapter 7 · The crossing

    Yuddha Kanda · 4 stages

  8. Painting: Northern battlefield outside Lanka, day

    Chapter 8 · The war

    Yuddha Kanda · 7 stages

  9. Painting: Ashoka grove, Lanka, day

    Chapter 9 · Homecoming

    Yuddha Kanda · 4 stages