‘Sundara Kandam’ Is the Fifth Section of Srimad Valmiki Ramayana

You may know that ‘Ramayana’ is the story of Lord Rama. Rama Avatar is one of the Ten Incarnations (Dasavatharam) of Lord Vishnu. Sage Valmiki has written Ramayana in Sanskrit language. Therefore it is called Srimad Valmiki Ramayanam. He has divided the narration into sections or Kandams – ‘Bala Kandam’, ‘Ayodhya Kandam’, ‘Aranya Kandam’, ‘Kishkinda Kandam’ and ‘Sundara Kandam’, the fifth Kandam. Sundara Kandam comprises of 2885 slokas or verses spread in 68 chapters.