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Ravana is a demon-king [1] [2] of the island of Lanka and the chief antagonist in the Hindu epic Ramayana. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] In the Ramayana , Ravana is described as the eldest son of sage Vishrava and Kaikasi .
His half-brother Ravana, son of the sage Vishrava and Sumali's daughter , fought with Kubera and took Lanka from him. Ravana ruled Lanka as king of the Rakshasa kingdom. The battle in Lanka is depicted in a famous relief in the 12th-century Khmer temple of Angkor Wat. After Ravana's death, he was succeeded by his brother, Vibhishana.
Lanka (/ ˈ l æ ŋ k ə /, Sanskrit: [ˈlɐŋkaː]) is the name given in Hindu epics to the island fortress capital of the legendary Rakshasa king Ravana in the epics of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The fortress was situated on a plateau between three mountain peaks known as the Trikuta Mountains.
Ravananugraha or Ravananugraha-murti ("form showing favour to Ravana" [1]) is a benevolent aspect of the Hindu god Shiva, depicted seated on his abode Mount Kailash with his consort Parvati, while the rakshasa-king (demon-king) Ravana of Lanka attempts to uproot it.
During the ascension of the mythical Raksha demon King Ravana (Disputing King Ravana being called a 'Demon' King, which fits into the systematic demonization of a legendary King deified by many Sri Lankans), some Deva people migrated to other places like present-day North Malabar of Kerala where they followed Dravidian folk religion before the advent of Hinduism.
Mandodari (Sanskrit: मंदोदरी, Mandodarī, lit. "soft-bellied"; [1]) was the queen consort of Ravana, the king of Lanka, according to the Hindu epic Ramayana. The Ramayana describes her as beautiful, pious, and righteous. She is extolled as one of the Panchakanya, the recital of whose names is believed to dispel sin.
Ravana, The Great King of Lanka Munnirpallam Sivasubramaniam Purnalingam Pillai (25 May 1866 – 6 June 1947) was a Tamil language -writer and Dravidologist . Early life
The Ramayana narrates that Sita - the wife of Rama, prince of Ayodhya and avatar of the god Vishnu - was kidnapped by Ravana, the rakshasa (demon) king of Lanka. Rama, aided by an army of vanaras (monkeys), reached the end of land and wanted to cross over to Lanka. Rama worships the god of the ocean, Varuna and requests him to make way. When ...