This book examines various issues related to Ramayana --- from its authenticity as biography, stages of its development, its reliability as a source of information, historicity of Rama the hero, identity of its two key sets of characters - Vanaras and Rakshasas, controversies connected with this epic that are hot topics today, origin of Rama worship, the political background which paved way for Ramayana saga, geography of Ramayana and areas where conventional narratives about Ramayana are in harmony and disharmony with hard evidence.