Ramayan breaks world record, becomes most-watched entertainment show globally: Doordarshan

popular mythological series, 'Ramayan', which is being rebrocasted on Doordarshan during Coronavirus lockdown days to great appeal has smashed viewership records worldwide. 'Ramayan', Ramanand Sagar-directed TV serial became world's most-watched show on April 16 with 7.7 crore viewers, DD India posted on its official Twitter handle on Thursday.

plot of series is based on ancient Hindu epic Ramayana and  series follows journey of Lord Rama.

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A total of 78 episodes of 'Ramayan' were me by Ramanand Sagar based on Valmiki's Ramayana and Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas. serial is being re-telecast again since March 28 on public demand as a source of entertainment during COVID-19 lockdown days. When serial was telecasted for first time on DD, it h broken all records of popularity, and show has repeated its history again.

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When serial h initially started airing in country, people used to flock to ir TV sets, which were much sparser at that time. Since re were fewer TVs, many would watch as communities, with re being moving accounts of people reacting to events on show as though y believed what was playing out before m was 'real' Ramayana rar than a TV serial, as lines between reality, fiction, makebelieve and mythology blurred and devotion peaked.

 'Ramayan' serial was originally brocasted from January 25, 1987, to July 31, 1988. Later it was aired on TV every Sunday, at 9.30 am. Till June 2003, it remained recorded in Limca Book of Records as " most-watched mythological serial in world".

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