Ramayana When It Rains - Devdutt Pattanaik What is read is the Malayalam Adhyatma Ramayana (or the spiritual Ramayana) written in the 16th century by Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan. It was written around the same time as Tulsidasa wrote his Ram-charit-manas in Avadhi. Most Hindi speakers are quite oblivious of this Malayalam version. Like Tulsi’s retelling, this Ezhuthachan’s retelling of the epic is quite different from the Valmiki Ramayana, written at least 1500 years earlier. Must read article.