I heard that the characters in Hindu mythology like Krishna, Rama and other gods, the characters in Mahabharatha and Ramayana did indeed exist actually.
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Hindu mythology
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Beloved brother in Islam, even the most learned scholars
of the Hindu religion would have no choice but to admit that all the characters
and incidents of the epics like ‘Mahabharata’ and ‘Ramayana’ are based on myths;
and a myth by definition is a fictitious story involving supernatural or
imaginary beings.
If one with even basic intelligence studies the stories and
the characters related in epics such as ‘Ramayana’, one will find in it
imaginary characters like half-men/half-monkeys that could talk and fly, or
monkeys and bears fighting a war against men with swords and spears and arrows,
or the character of the devil ‘Ravana’ who supposedly had ten heads! If one wishes to believe that such beings did
or indeed could have possibly lived or existed, that is a choice each
individual would have to make for himself based on his own faculty of
intelligence.
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Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
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well wisher in Islam,
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