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Drag or pinch the map to explore. Day 0 is Dussehra; Day 19 is Diwali. Swipe right to see where he is →
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Pick the Rama who flies across the map — remembered on this device.
“Devotion to me lives less in prayer than in care. Shelter those around you — the old, the weak, the forgotten, the poor — and you have worshipped me well.”
सकृदेव प्रपन्नाय तवास्मीति च याचते।
अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो ददाम्येतद् व्रतं मम॥ “To whoever comes to me but once and says ‘I am yours’, I give refuge from every fear — this is my vow.” — Rama's vow of refuge, Valmiki Ramayana (Yuddha Kanda)
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About these places. The route follows the traditional Ramayana trail — the sites long tied to each episode, with their old names and the towns that stand there now. Rama's day-by-day position is a playful reading of the Dussehra-to-Diwali window, not a claim from the text.
Rama's homecoming began an age of care for everyone. This Diwali, the brightest lamp is the one you light in another life.
On Dhanteras we welcome dhan (wealth) into our homes with gold and silver. This year, let a little of that wealth flow to a home that has none. Gold sits locked in a cupboard; dhan given in another's name becomes a living Lakshmi — a child taught, an elder cared for, a young life set on its feet. The same budget you'd spend on a coin can change a life.
Give to large, trusted, audited charities that work in India's poorest and most remote areas — the small towns, villages and districts, not the rich cities. For children with disabilities, for forgotten elders, for financial self-reliance, for teaching, and for young people with no work. A small gift, given with heart, travels far.
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