Ravana, mythological demon-king of the island of Lanka, is the chief antagonist in the Hindu epic Ramayana. In the Ramayana, Ravana is described as the...
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Mandodari (section Marriage with Ravana)
(Sanskrit: मंदोदरी, Mandodarī, lit. "soft-bellied";) was the queen consort of Ravana, the king of Lanka, according to the Hindu epic Ramayana. The Ramayana describes...
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Ravana Falls (Sinhala: රාවණා ඇල්ල, romanized: Ravana Ella) is a popular sightseeing attraction in Uva province of Sri Lanka. It currently ranks as one...
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Ravana Rajput is an Indian upper caste. Ravana Rajputs,a sub-set of Rajput clan and they are culturally similar to Rajput but have historically faced caste...
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subcontinent with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana; the kidnapping of Sita by Ravana, the king of Lanka, that resulted in war; and Rama's eventual return to...
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brother of Ravana, the King of Lanka, in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana. Though a rakshasa himself, Vibhishana turned his back on Ravana, and defected...
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The Ravana Balaya (transl. Force of Ravana) is a Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist organization in Sri Lanka, which follows the mythological King Ravana. It...
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Jatayu (section Battle against Ravana)
epic, the rakshasa Ravana was abducting the avatar of Lakshmi, Sita, when Jatayu tried to rescue her. Jatayu fought valiantly with Ravana, but as Jatayu was...
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Trijata (redirect from Ravana of Lanka)
demon-king of Lanka Ravana. In later adaptions of Ramayana, Trijata is described as a daughter of Vibhishana, the brother of Ravana. In the Ramayana, Trijata...
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Ravana (Kannada: ರಾವಣ) is a 2009 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Yogish Hunsur starring Yogesh and Sanchita Padukone in lead roles. The film is...
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Hindu epics to the island fortress capital of the legendary asura king Ravana in the epics of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The fortress was situated...
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live eternally. Every time Rama's weapon killed Ravana, immediately Ravana rose again. Wibisana, Ravana's sister who sided with Rama immediately asked Hanoman...
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Kartavirya Arjuna (section Encounter with Ravana)
Pulastya the great emperor Kartavirya Arjuna released Ravana. Another account states that when Ravana came "in the course of his campaign of conquest to...
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Vali (Ramayana) (section War with Ravana)
Vali was in meditation. Ravana challenged Vali to come and fight. First Sugriva fought with Ravana and was defeated. Ravana then reached Vali and challenged...
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exile, the trio settles in the Dandaka forest from where she is abducted by Ravana, the Rakshasa king of Lanka. She is imprisoned in the garden of Ashoka Vatika...
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Son of sage Pulastya and brother of sage Vishrava. He was an uncle of Ravana. Agastya and his wife Lopamudra met Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana during their...
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'conqueror of Indra'), according to Hindu texts, was the eldest son of Ravana and the crown prince of Lanka, who conquered Indraloka (Heaven). He is regarded...
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supreme god in Shaivism. Its authorship is traditionally attributed to Ravana, the ruler of Lanka, considered a devotee of Shiva. In Sanskrit, tāṇḍava...
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Lanka King Ravana wanted to attain immortality by obtaining the Atma-Linga (Soul of Shiva). Since the Atma-Linga belonged to Shiva, Ravana worshipped...
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of Ramlila and commemorates the deity Rama's victory over the demon-king Ravana. Alternatively, it marks a reverence for one of the aspects of goddess Devi...
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Ravananugraha or Ravananugraha-murti ("form showing favour to Ravana") is a benevolent aspect of the Hindu god Shiva, depicted seated on his abode Mount...
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कुम्भकर्ण, lit. pot-eared) is a powerful rakshasa and younger brother of Ravana from the Hindu epic Ramayana. Despite his gigantic size and appetite, he...
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sword that Shiva gifts Ravana. The Uttara Kanda of the Hindu epic Ramayana records that the ten-headed, twenty-armed mighty King Ravana defeated and looted...
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Ravana Desam or Ravan Desam (transl. The Land of Ravana) is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Ajay Nuthakki. The film is based...
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Ravana started back on his journey to Lanka. As Ravana was nearing Gokarna, Lord Vishnu blotted out the sun to give the appearance of dusk. Ravana now...
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epic Ramayana and its other versions. She was the sister of Lanka's king, Ravana, and the daughter of the sage Vishrava and the rakshasi Kaikeshi. Shurpanakha's...
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beloved wife, Sita (Incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi), from the rakshasa king Ravana, who abducted her. When Mithila suffers from a drought for twelve years...
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and visits Ravana at his residence in Lanka. She explains all that has happened, after which Ravana calls for his old friend Maricha. Ravana hatches a...
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slays many rākṣasas throughout the epic, including Tāṭakā, Mārīca, and Rāvaṇa. In the epic, the rākṣasas are portrayed as mainly demonic beings who are...
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king Ravana, who ruled Lanka in the epic Ramayana. During the Dussehara festival, which celebrates Rama's victory over Ravana, effigies of Ravana are burnt...
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