Saint Valmiki Jayanti – Jai Shri Ram! Varanasi Sacred Tourism, Aktha Pahariya ( the 2 nd Online Travel, Aktha Pahariya Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India) Saint Valmiki is the author of Ramayana. Valmiki invented ‘shloka’ and he is known as Adi Kavi which means First Poet. In his early life he was a robber named Ratnakar who use to kill people and rob them. Once, he tried to rob the divine sage Narada for the benefit of his family. Then sage asked him if his family would share the sin which he incur for doing robbery. Ratnakar replied positively, but Sage asked him to confirm this with his family. When he asked his family no one agreed to take the burden of sin. Then Ratnakar understood the truth of life and asked for Sage's forgiveness. Narada taught Ratnakar the mantra for salvation. Mantra contained Lord Rama name and it should not be used by murderers like him. So Narada told Ratnakar to chant “Mara” instead of “Rama”. He meditated for so many years that ant-hills grew around ...