Sundara Kaanda of Maha Rushi Vaalmiki

People come and people go and nobody would live eternally. But if there is one person who was born 880,156 (by 2016) years ago and is still remembered even today by many people and some, howsoever miniscule they may be, worship him, is it not wise to study his life to see the cause behind his greatness? Surely there would be something to learn and emulate from his life! Why should we read Sundara Kaanda? We get multiple benefits. The first is for the reader as he would be cleansed of all his past sins and if he continues to live a righteous life, heaven is assured for him. Second is the fulfillment of any reasonable desire is assured to those reciting it with devotion. This book is about Hanumaan, devotee od Raama crossing the sea to reach Lanka to search and locate Seetha abducted by Raavana.
This is perhaps the first book comprehensively translated into contemporary English prose from the original epic in Sanskrit Sloka by Sloka without discarding or distorting anything included in the original.