{"id":1048050,"date":"2026-11-09T08:24:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T02:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1048050"},"modified":"2026-11-09T09:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T03:49:34","slug":"indian-epics-get-new-age-avatars-in-online-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/11\/09\/indian-epics-get-new-age-avatars-in-online-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian epics get new-age avatars in online gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As India celebrates the triumph of good over evil \u2013 whether through Lord Rama\u2019s victory over Ravana or Lord Krishna\u2019s defeat of Narakasura \u2013 a similar battle is unfolding in the virtual world. Here, ancient Indian epics and mythological characters are being reimagined as immersive gaming experiences, bringing stories that have endured for millennia to a new generation of players.<\/p>\n<p>One of the early examples is Raji: An Ancient Epic, developed by Pune-based Nodding Heads Games. Drawing from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, the game follows Raji, an orphaned circus performer chosen by the gods to defend the human realm against a demonic invasion. Her mission is to rescue her younger brother and confront the demon lord Mahabalasura.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As India celebrates the triumph of good over evil \u2013 whether through Lord Rama\u2019s victory over Ravana or Lord Krishna\u2019s defeat of Narakasura \u2013 a similar battle is unfolding in the virtual world. Here, ancient Indian epics and mythological characters are being reimagined as immersive gaming experiences, bringing stories that have endured for millennia to a new generation of players. One of the early examples is Raji: An Ancient Epic, developed by Pune-based Nodding Heads Games. Drawing from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, the game follows Raji, an orphaned circus performer chosen by the gods to defend the human realm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1048050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1048050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1048071,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048050\/revisions\/1048071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1048050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1048050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1048050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}