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Sri Senthil Kumar,

The commentary of Govindaraja, called 'Govindarajeeyam' is the 
accepted commentary in the Sri Vaishnava tradition. It includes all 
Khanda-s, even the Uttara Khanda. Some scholars, notably, N 
Raghunathan and much of the scholars at Ramakrishna Matham, 
considered the Bala Khanda and Uttara Khanda to be extrapolations 
from the original. This charge is quite unsustainable since 
Valmiki's idea of Rama as a human avatara of the Lord stems from the 
Bala Khanda and Uttara Khanda.

Besides that, Govindaraja inclusion of both Khanda-s in his 
commentary is a testimony that both the Khanda-s are a part of the 
Valmiki Ramayana.

In addition to Govindaraja, the Azhwars have sung about many events 
normally found in the Uttara Khanda. More about this could be found 
in Prof Vasudha Narayanan's excellent article on Ramayana:

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/ramayana/

The book review of the Tamizh edition of the commentary of 
Govindaraja is here:

http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/04/10/stories/13100179.htm

Regards,

Malolan








 
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