"It is not correct to say that Valmiki is the only Ramayana poet. There are thousands of Ramayana poets. There is a Ramayana poet in every village."
— Kuvempu

January 1, 1970

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Statement when he deviated from traditional versions of the Valmiki Ramayana epic and was criticized for the changes made, as quoted in The Ramayana Revisited (2004) by Mandakranta Bose, p. 140