Ramanand Sagar May 2026

At that moment, the world stopped. Lakhs of households were transported to Ayodhya, the battlefield of Kurukshetra, or the mystical forests of ancient India.

For millions of Indians growing up in the late 1980s and 90s, Sunday mornings had a sacred ritual. The entire family would gather around a single television set, the aroma of tea and fresh breakfast filling the room, as a familiar, divine chime began to play. ramanand sagar

The architect of that shared cultural memory was . From Humble Beginnings to Silver Screens Born as Chandramauli Chopra on December 29, 1917, in Lahore (now in Pakistan), Sagar’s journey to becoming the "Father of Indian Television Mythology" was not a straight line. After the tragic death of his father when Ramanand was just a child, the family moved to Agra. He later adopted the pen name "Ramanand Sagar" for his early work as a writer. At that moment, the world stopped