Rajendra Arun was a scholar of the Ramayana and of Indian Philosophy. He was the founder and president of the Ramayana Centre, set up by an Act of the Parliament of Mauritius in 2001 to promote and propagate the Ramayana and the spiritual, social and cultural values flowing therefrom.
Pandit Arun was famous worldwide for his books on the Ramayana, starting from Hari Katha Ananta, published in 1983 to Manas Mein Nari, published in 2010 and for his radio programs broadcast on Mauritian national radio since 1983. An eminence on the Ramayana, Mr Arun gave many invited talks across the world on the subject.
Rajendra Arun has his own place among the narrators of Ramcharitmanas. He was unique in his style, as he engaged his audience and readers in a manner that is neither unnecessarily melodramatic nor philosophically dry. He narrated the story of Ramayana in a very articulate and lucid way so that the listeners while enjoying it, were immensely inspired. He had earned the adulation of his readers and recognition of critics and institutions around the world. Rajendra Arun was born on July 29, 1945, in Naravapitambarpur village in Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India.