lucknow amid hectic activity around ram temple construction in ayodhya artists and devotees will explore and deliberate the universality of ram and the varied interpretations of his divine presence in their liveswhile painters will lend colours to their inspiration from ram poets will weave words to describe their construals of the deity singers will also stage regional and subregional versions of ramayana and the story of ram at the lok mein ram mahotsava to be held in ayodhya from march 46organised by cultural outfit sanskar bharti and ram manohar lohia avadh university rmlau the festival will be inaugurated by former governor of goa mridula sinha on wednesday in the presence of state culture minister neelkanth tewarireferring to the song from the 1957 film pardesi mujh mein ram tujh mein ram sab mein ram samaya vicechancellor of rmlau prof manoj dixit said the omnipresence of ramas worded in this old songmakes him a universal phenomenon the vastness of this canvas also provides an immense opportunity to see and interpret him in different ways this festival has created a window to catch a glimpse of some of these elements and their interminglingthe festival will see the presence of eminent writer narendra kohli who is credited with simplifying ancient epics to modern prose author of several books on avadhs culture yogesh praveen poet kumar vishwas who will speak on apne apne ram folk singer malini awasthi who will present music traditions around ram and author and culture connoisseur yatindra mishra among othersa group of 19 eminent painters from across india are already camping in ayodhya under the aegis of rashtriya lalit kala akademi to paint their imagination of ramayana and its protagonistto veteran painter kishen soni of jhansi the best description of ram is incomplete without visualising him as the peoples king ram was the peoples king he was and shall remain raja ram for all soni saidalumnus of sir jj school of art and principal of nashiks chitrakala mahavidyalaya dinkar janmalis takeaway from rams life is the lesson on when to stop running behind desiresim putting the story of swarna hiran on the canvas had it not been for this turning point ramayana wouldnt have been scripted in general life i see it as a reminder on when to stop running behind desires he saidthe event will also be attended by office bearers of ram janmabhoomi teertha kshetra trust including champat rai bimlendra mohan mishra and mahant dinendra das among others