How long does it take to read The Ramayana?
Ramesh Menon, Vālmīki, C. Rajagopalachari, Romesh Chunder Dutt, Manmatha Nath Dutt, Anant Pai, S. K. Ratcliffe
The Ramayana by Ramesh Menon, Vālmīki, C. Rajagopalachari, Romesh Chunder Dutt, Manmatha Nath Dutt, Anant Pai, S. K. Ratcliffe takes about 7 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1829. 384 pages, about 105,600 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 45 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Rāmāyaṇa, retold in Bajjika.
Subjects: Hinduism, Sacred texts, Fiction - General, Literary Criticism, Fantasy - Epic, Literary
