SPOTLIGHTS ON THE RAMAYANAM - 7. Sri Swami Premananda
======================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16/11/2019. 7. There Was A King ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is an ancient city of Ayodhya on the banks of broad-bosomed river Saryu in the Utter Pradesh State of Bharatham. There lived a king called Raghu, so powerful, that he was invited by even Indra of Swargaloka to help him in his battles against the demons. Swargaloka is heaven, but interpreted these days as a land lying somewhere in the North amidst the hoary heights of the Himalayas and Indra, according to this reading, must have been a powerful king enjoying all the luxuries of life but constantly threatened by some other kings who were equally affluent and brave. The arts and sciences of that age are not well-known now. The ...