India's immortal tale of adventure, love, and wisdom is captured in this amazing new book featuring the artwork of Parama Dasa, a reputed Italian artist whose innovative techniques are winning him praise among Florence's top art critics.

The Ramayana, the world's oldest epic, is simultaneously an exhilarating account of adventure and romance and a literature revered for millennia by hundreds of millions of people for its depth of moral and spiritual wisdom.

This new, abridged edition of the Ramayana, produced by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, features 50 new images by Parama Dasa, whose mastery of state-of-the-art computer software is evident in his extraordinary illustrations. The text of this edition of the Valmiki Ramayana was complied by Purnaprajna Dasa and was based on the Gita Press edition.

These beautiful pictures, together with the easy-to-read text, bring an imaginative harmony to the classic tale that will captivate a new generation of readers and delight those reading it again.