About Puzzle Ramayan (PR)
Puzzle Ramayan (or PR) is the annual Puzzle competition held at Logic Masters India. Each year, it is a series of contests aimed at encouraging the best puzzle solvers of India to participate and have a chance to qualify for the National finals and experience the excitement, thrill and puzzling atmosphere on the lines of various national championships and the World Championships.
PR usually consists of 6 online rounds (approximately one every 2-3 weeks), based on different categories of puzzle genres.
The online rounds are free and open to all participants. All you need to do is register on the site and note the schedule!
There is a separate playoff at the end of the offline finals to determine the Puzzle Ramayan winner. There is an eligibility criteria for this playoff to preserve the essence of Puzzle Ramayan.
2025
The 2025 edition of Puzzle Ramayan is expected to start around Feb'2025.
Winners
Here are the winners of Puzzle Ramayan across years. As a rule, one person can win PR maximum two times.
| Edition | Venue | Winner | 1st Runner Up | 2nd Runner Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bangalore | Harsh Poddar | Harmeet Singh | Kartik Reddy |
| 2023 | Mumbai | Harsh Poddar | Kartik Reddy | Priyam Bhushan |
| 2022 | Pune | Nityant Agarwal | Harsh Poddar | Mihir Neve |
| 2021 | Online | Nityant Agarwal | Harsh Poddar | Mihir Neve |
| 2020 | Online | Jayant Ameta | Gaurav Kumar Jain | Nityant Agarwal |
| 2019 | Kolkata | Pranav Kamesh S | Priyam Bhushan | Varun R |
| 2018 | Mumbai | Pranav Kamesh S | Vishal Jain | Kartik Reddy |
| 2016-17 | Chennai | Ashish Kumar | Varun R | Lenson Andrade |
| 2015-16 | Chennai | Ashish Kumar | Kishore Kumar | Varun R |
2024
The online rounds of PR 2024 were held between Jan-May 2024. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classics | Prasanna Seshadri | Ashish Kumar | Nityant Agarwal | Swaroop Guggilam |
| Loop & Numbers | Ashish Kumar | Kishore Kumar | Harmeet Singh | Amit Sowani |
| Evergreens & Made In India | Madhav Sankaranarayanan | Swaroop Guggilam | Nityant Agarwal | Kishore Kumar |
| Word & Object Placement | Chandrachud Nanduri & Prasanna Seshadri | Ashish Kumar | Rakesh Rai | Tigran Wadia |
| Shading & Regions | Priyam Bhushan & Prasanna Seshadri | Ashish Kumar | Nityant Agarwal | Kishore Kumar |
| Snake & Casual | Nityant Agarwal & Prasanna Seshadri | Ashish Kumar | Rakesh Rai | Amit Sowani |
The offline finals were held in Bangalore on 11th August 2024, along with finals of Sudoku Mahabharat. Details here.
2023
The online rounds of PR 2023 were held between Jan-April 2023. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classics | Prasanna Seshadri | Ashish Kumar | Rohan Rao | Rajesh Kumar |
| Evergreens & Rule Pool | Chandrachud Nanduri | Rohan Rao | Ashish Kumar | Amit Sowani |
| Shading & Made In India | Ashish Kumar & Pranav Kamesh S | Rohan Rao | Amit Sowani | Nityant Agarwal |
| Object Placement & Number Placement | Priyam Bhushan & Prasanna Seshadri | Ashish Kumar | Swaroop Guggilam | Kishore Kumar |
| Casual & Word | Madhav Sankaranarayanan | Swaroop Guggilam | Ashish Kumar | Rakesh Rai |
| Regions & Loops | Nityant Agarwal | Ashish Kumar | Swaroop Guggilam | Rajesh Kumar |
The offline finals were held in Mumbai on 27th May 2023, along with finals of Sudoku Mahabharat. Details here.
2022
The online rounds of PR 2022 were held between Feb-June 2022. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classics | Prasanna Seshadri | Swaroop Guggilam | Ashish Kumar | Rajesh Kumar |
| Casual & Word | Amit Sowani | Rakesh Rai | Rohan Rao | Swaroop Guggilam |
| Regions & Evergreens | Ashish Kumar | Swaroop Guggilam | Kishore Kumar | Rakesh Rai |
| Number Placement & Puzz.link | Nityant Agarwal | Ashish Kumar | Rohan Rao | Swaroop Guggilam |
| Loops & Shading | Madhav Sankaranarayanan | Rohan Rao | Ashish Kumar | Nityant Agarwal |
| MII & Object Placement | Priyam Bhushan & Chandrachud Nanduri | Rohan Rao | Ashish Kumar | Nityant Agarwal |
The offline finals were held in Pune on 20th August 2022, along with finals of Sudoku Mahabharat. Details here.
2021
The online rounds of PR 2021 were held between Jan-July 2021. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classics | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Amit Sowani | Rajesh Kumar |
| Loops | Ashish Kumar | Rohan Rao | Kishore Sridharan | Rajesh Kumar |
| Number Placement | Rakesh Rai | Ashish Kumar | Rohan Rao | Jaipal Reddy |
| Regions | Swaroop Guggilam | Ashish Kumar | Rohan Rao | Rakesh Rai |
| Object Placement | Priyam Bhushan & Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Ashish Kumar | Swaroop Guggilam |
| Casual & Word | Anubhav Balodhi | Rohan Rao | Swaroop Guggilam | Harmeet Singh |
| Shading | Nityant Agarwal | Ashish Kumar | Swaroop Guggilam | Rajesh Kumar |
| MII & Evergreens | Madhav Sankaranarayanan | Swaroop Guggilam | Rajesh Kumar | Nityant Agarwal |
2020
The online rounds of PR 2020 were held between Jan-June 2020. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classics | Rakesh Rai | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Ashish Kumar |
| Number and Object Placement | Harmeet Singh and Pranav Kamesh | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Ashish Kumar |
| Shading and Loops | Swaroop Guggilam | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Ashish Kumar |
| Evergreens | Prasanna Seshadri and Priyam Bhushan | Ashish Kumar | Amit Sowani | Swaroop Guggilam |
| Casual & Word | Amit Sowani | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Priyam Bhushan |
| Made In India & Regions | Ashish Kumar and Anubhav Balodhi | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Swaroop Guggilam |
2019
The online rounds of PR 2019 were held between Dec'18-May'19. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classics | Rohan Rao | Prasanna Seshadri | Amit Sowani | Swaroop Guggilam |
| Connected Puzzles | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Amit Sowani | Swaroop Guggilam |
| Shading & Loops | Amit Sowani | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Ashish Kumar |
| Casual & Word | Rakesh Rai | Rohan Rao | Prasanna Seshadri | Amit Sowani |
| Made In India & Regions | Ashish Kumar & Swaroop Guggilam | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Amit Sowani |
| Number & Object Placement | Harmeet Singh & Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Amit Sowani | Ashish Kumar |
The offline finals were held in Kolkata on 20th July 2019, along with finals of Sudoku Mahabharat. Details here.
2018
The online rounds of PR 2018 were held between Jan-Jun 2018. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classics | Rohan Rao | Prasanna Seshadri | Amit Sowani | Swaroop Guggilam |
| Number Placement & Object Placement | Amit Sowani | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Ashish Kumar |
| Made In India & Regions | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Amit Sowani | Swaroop Guggilam |
| Evergreens | Swaroop Guggilam | Prasanna Seshadri | Amit Sowani | Rohan Rao |
| Casual & Word | Rakesh Rai | Prasanna Seshadri | Amit Sowani | Rohan Rao |
| Shading & Loops | Ashish Kumar | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Amit Sowani |
The offline finals were held in Mumbai on 19th August 2018, along with finals of Sudoku Mahabharat. Details here.
2017
The online rounds were held between Jan-Apr 2017. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classics & Regions | Robert Vollmert | Rohan Rao | Ashish Kumar | Swaroop Guggilam |
| Shading & Loops | Walker Anderson | Rohan Rao | Swaroop Guggilam | Rajesh Kumar |
| Object Placement & Pentomino | Nikola Zivanovic Cedomir Milanovic | Rohan Rao | Ashish Kumar | Swaroop Guggilam |
| Number Placement & Evergreens | Salih Alan | Rajesh Kumar | Rohan Rao | Swaroop Guggilam |
The offline finals were held in Chennai on 30th July 2017, along with finals of Sudoku Mahabharat. Details here.
Winners of Puzzle Ramayan 2016-17
2015-16
The online rounds were held between Sep'15-Mar'16. Details are available here.
| Round | Author | India 1 | India 2 | India 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classics | Rohan Rao | Swaroop Guggilam | Amit Sowani | Anurag Sahay |
| Numbers | Deb Mohanty | Amit Sowani | Rohan Rao | Rajesh Kumar |
| Evergreens | Amit Sowani | Rohan Rao | Rajesh Kumar | Swaroop Guggilam |
| Regions | Rakesh Rai | Rohan Rao | Amit Sowani | Swaroop Guggilam |
| Snake | Ashish Kumar | Amit Sowani | Swaroop Guggilam | Jayant Ameta |
| Shading | Swaroop Guggilam | Rohan Rao | Amit Sowani | Rajesh Kumar |
| Loops | Prasanna Seshadri | Rohan Rao | Swaroop Guggilam | Amit Sowani |
| Placement | Rajesh Kumar | Rohan Rao | Rakesh Rai | Swaroop Guggilam |
The offline finals were held in Chennai on 17th July 2016, along with finals of Sudoku Mahabharat. Details here.