The Ramayan is the greatest text, the living teacher which enlightens the people nuances of leading life as a civilized human. It depicts the history of Tretayug teaching duties of relationships, portraying ideal characters like the ideal father, the ideal servant, the ideal brother, the ideal wife, and the ideal king.

The Ramayan consists of 24,000 verses in seven sections (kāṇḍas) and 500 cantos (sargas), and tells the history of Ram (an avatar of Bhagwan Vishnu), whose dharmpatni Sita is abducted by Ravan, the king of Lanka. Incidentally the first letter of every 1000 verses (total 24) make the Gayatri mantra. The Ramayan most beautifully explores human values and the concept of Dharma