 A total of 32 characters from the Ramayana were voiced in the Geet Ramayan . Madgulkar expressed the emotions of characters such as Rama , Sita , Hanuman – the monkey ( vanara ) god and devotee of Rama – and Lakshmana ( Rama 's brother ) ; he also attempted to give voice to the humblest characters in the epic . The vanara are given a song ( " <unk> <unk> Re <unk> " ) describing a bridge forming over the ocean so Rama and his army could cross to Lanka . The poet noted that the song described the sacrifice of joint labour and was an example of the principle , " Union is strength " . <unk> Guha ( King of <unk> , kingdom located by the banks of Ganges river ) and the boatmen who helped Rama in crossing the Ganges river expressed themselves in " <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> " . The author of the Ramayana , Valmiki , was also given a song ( the final song , " Gā Bāḷāno , Shrīrāmāyaṇ " ) with his advice to Rama 's sons Kusha and Lava before they appear before Rama . 
