Actually even in Shiv Puran ..theres no ramayan from Mahadev's point of view .. certainly not this .. Shiv naming Ram, Sita and appearing anywhere and everywhere .. Ramayan is about Ram and Lord Vishnu .. Mahadev's ansh enters as Lord Hanuman and shows the power of Bhakti to the world ..this is just a modification by the serial makers as the show is about Mahadev.. so the compulsion to show Mahadev in every frame ..
Tataka was a cursed celestial nymph ..she was liberated the moment Ram's arrows hit her ..there was nothing about cutting down trees etc and that logic ..in any Ramayan ..even in adbhut Ramayan where in the end Sita Maa assumes the role of Shakti this isnt shown ..Just like I dont like stories depicting Vishnu towering over Mahadev in Vishnu Puran ..I wouldnt like Mahadev doing the same and spoon feeding Vishnu in Shiv Puran ..
In south India the clashes between Shaivaites and Vaishnavaites have gone on from times immemorial .. In ancient Tamil Nadu they have been violent at times..just to prove that one god is superior over the other .. For me ..they are two faces of the same coin ..one the protector and the other the destroyer ..each one compliments the other and is incomplete without the other ..Thats how it should be ..Trouble starts when we as staunch devotees of one god like what the other god is doing ..then we feel .. oh my god hasnt done this ..then the other says ..wait my god was there ..he made this happen ..the other one was merely following my god's instructions ..This has happened in all purans dedicated to respective gods ..I wonder if the supreme ones themselves have even a second/nano-second to spare for all these thoughts.
At the risk of wandering from the topic at hand , would just like to say that over emphasis fictionalizes the story and turns it into a soap opera ..and true there are many versions ..but we must resist the temptation to put our ideas into the story of our gods ..No offense meant to anyone ..Just my point of view as a loyal viewer of DKDM
Edited by leonardoaugust8 - 13 years ago