According to television viewership monitor Barc, Ramayana and Mahabharata have become two of Indian television’s most-watched shows in the past few weeks For 38-year-old Sunita Lokhande, watching old shows on Doordarshan with her six-year-old son has become a cherished daily activity, as millions of Indians are forced to stay indoors because of the lockdown. “It recreates my childhood memory of a typical Sunday when we would sit together to watch Ramayana and Mahabharata," Lokhande said from Pune, where large swathes were sealed last week due to outbreaks of covid-19.
According to television viewership monitor Broadcast Audience Research Council (Barc), Hindu mythologies Ramayana and Mahabharata have become two of Indian television’s