SS Rajamouli’s announcement video for Varanasi, starring Mahesh Babu, has set the Indian film world buzzing.

Grand, stylish and ambitious, the glimpse positions the film for a massive 2027 release.

Yet, amidst the excitement, a single detail in the video has an element to debate, a shot referencing “Tretayuga, Lanka Nagaram, 7200 BC.”

The question that now looms large is, on what basis did Rajamouli assign this date?

According to Valmiki, the Ramayana took place in Tretayuga of the 24th Mahayuga, whereas we currently live in the Kaliyuga of the 28th Mahayuga.

A single Mahayuga (sum total of years span Krita, Treta, Dwapara and Kali Yugas) spans 4,320,000 years. By that framework, the events of the Ramayana lie hundreds of thousands of years in the past, certainly not a mere 9,225 year

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