DALIT

Valmiki community, however, reveres him as the divinised poet-saint who composed two of the most important sacred texts of India: Valmiki Ramayana and the Yogavisistha Ramayana. The above controversy has been detailed in a very scholarly manner by the late Professor Juila Leslie of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Professor Leslie's findings are contained in her book (See Source below). To date no one has refuted this work which establishes Shri Guru Bhagwan Valmik Ji's credentials as the adi-kavi, fighter for justice and possibly the first anti-caste eco-warrior who opposed Aryan expansion into the indigenous Indian adivasi territory. In one of our future articles we will be looking at true story of Ramayana.