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Article milestones Date Process Result February 28, 2006 Peer review Reviewed April 10, 2006 Good article nominee Listed July 2, 2009 Good article reassessment Delisted
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Section sizes Section size for Rama (50 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 11,524 11,524 360 360 Etymology and nomenclature 6,347 6,347 380 380 Legends 782 22,006 67 1,846 Birth 5,084 5,084 297 297 Youth, family and marriage to Sita 4,547 4,547 482 482 Exile and war 4,825 4,825 444 444 Post-war life 2,867 2,867 217 217 Variations 3,901 3,901 339 339 Dating and historicity 4,857 4,857 248 248 Iconography and characteristics 2,984 2,984 193 193 Philosophy and symbolism 5,051 5,051 355 355 Literary sources 180 26,672 18 1,475 Ramayana 3,669 3,669 108 108 In Tamil literature 2,241 2,241 88 88 Adhyatma Ramayana 2,287 2,287 131 131 Ramacharitmanas 4,755 4,755 268 268 Yoga Vasistha 3,664 3,664 269 269 Upanishad 1,350 1,350 127 127 Other major texts 8,526 8,526 466 466 Worship and festivals 3,871 20,241 214 868 Hymns 5,178 5,178 9 9 Festivals 35 11,192 0 645 Rama Navami 6,545 6,545 267 267 Ramlila and Dussehra 2,331 2,331 193 193 Diwali 1,252 1,252 109 109 Vasanthotsavam 1,029 1,029 76 76 Temples 7,741 7,741 190 190 Outside Hinduism 23 8,825 0 538 Jainism 3,053 3,053 315 315 Buddhism 3,018 3,018 137 137 Sikhism 2,731 2,731 86 86 Influence and depiction 2,263 21,414 143 676 Paintings 1,643 1,643 72 72 Music 864 864 29 29 Hindu arts in Southeast Asia 4,726 4,726 283 283 Culture 3,385 3,385 127 127 In popular culture 138 8,533 0 22 Films 3,674 3,674 11 11 Television 3,716 3,716 11 11 YouTube 83 83 0 0 Others 922 922 0 0 See also 268 268 0 0 Notes 46 46 0 0 References 15 10,656 0 0 Citations 34 34 0 0 Sources 10,607 10,607 0 0 Bibliography 1,540 1,540 0 0 Further reading 1,173 1,173 0 0 External links 62 91 0 0 40px|Notice]]This article is prone to [[Wikipedia:Spam|spam]]. Please monitor the [[Rama#References|References]] and [[Rama#External links|External links]] sections. [[Category:Articles prone to spam from January 2026]] ) markup removed; cannot link (help)||style="text-align:right;background:#F8FAFA;color:#000;"|29||style="text-align:right;color:transparent;"|29||style="text-align:right;background:#FAF8FA;color:#000;"|0||style="text-align:right;color:transparent;"|0 Total 151,436 151,436 7,129 7,129

Semi-protected edit request on 28 August 2025

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In the literary sources section of the article, the picture of the depictions of the Dashavatara in the description of the picture the word "incarnation" is misspelled as "incornations." Einstein4884 (talk) 12:43, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done LizardJr8 (talk) 14:41, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please rectify typo in Image description

In the image in the Iconography section, Sita is wrongly noted as on the left, whereas she is on the right. Kindly rectify. 206.84.238.228 (talk) 09:21, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done

Asteramellus (talk) 20:03, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 November 2025

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I want to edit the sibling section. I want to Add Rama's sister Shanta. Anushree Patil (talk) 09:12, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone may add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. NotJamestack (✉️|📝) 13:19, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]