Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan, which was Sunday morning appointment viewing nationwide in 1987-1988, is returning to Doordarshan. On Friday, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar tweeted to say that Ramayan will now air on DD National twice a day starting Saturday (March28). Earlier this week, as India prepared for a 21-day lock down against the Coronavirus, Twitter was flooded with messages asking for reruns of Ramayan andB R Chopra's Mahabharat, which was telecast after Ramayan ended in 1988."Happy to announce that on public demand, we are starting re-telecast of Ramayan from tomorrow, Saturday March 28 on DD National. One episode in morning 9 am to 10 am, another in the evening 9 pm to 10 pm," Mr Javadekar wrotein his tweet. Ramayan, which made stars out of Arun Govil, Deepika Chikhaliaand Sunil Lahri, known to fans as Lord Ram, Sita and Lakshman, clocked 33 years of the show this year.