Iconic Ramayana TV series to be re-telecast to cut the boredom due to lockdown

One of the most iconic TV series of the 80s, Ramayana, is all set to make a comeback on Indian television, Minister for Information & Broadcast Prakash Javdekar announced on Friday.

The two highly loved shows of the 80s- Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayana and B R Chopra’s Mahabharata will make a come back on DD National at this time when the country is witnessing a 21-day lockdown.

The Union Minister announced on Twitter that the epic series would be re-telecast from March 28 and will feature one episode in the morning between 9 am to 10 pm and in the evening between 9 pm to 10 pm.

Happy to announce that on public demand, we are starting retelecast of 'Ramayana' from tomorrow, Saturday March 28 in DD National, One episode in morning 9 am to 10 am, another in the evening 9 pm to 10 pm.@narendramodi@PIBIndia@DDNational

— Prakash Javadekar (Modi Ka Parivar) (@PrakashJavdekar) March 27, 2020