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When Archive of Our Own (AO3) went offline on Oct. 29 for an extended maintenance period, millions of fanfiction readers suddenly found themselves with a lot more free time. But fandom doesn’t simply disappear when its favorite website goes down. It finds somewhere else to congregate.

For the longest time, Indian mythology was largely associated with Sunday morning television, Amar Chitra Katha comics, and stories passed down by grandparents. Today, these same stories are finding a new audience through big-budget films, streaming shows, and ambitious animated adaptations. From Ramayanaand Kalki 2898 AD to Kurukshetra, filmmakers are revisiting ancient epics and regional…