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    Saturday, 12th October 2024

    Ravana: A Dussehra Special


    By Rishi Talwar

    Ravana was born to a great sage named Vishrava and a demon princess named Kaikesi.
    Pulastya, his grandfather, was one of the Saptarishi (seven great sages), and through this
    origin, Ravana inherited both great knowledge and power. Ravana had seven brothers
    and two sisters, including his brothers Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana and his sister
    Surpanakh.

    Ravana’s birth name was Dasagriva (meaning "ten-necked"), symbolizing his


    intelligence and might. He did not really have 10 faces it was only symbolism. He was
    also a devotee of Lord Shiva, and after long, long hours of meditation to him, he gained
    boons from the god that granted him near invincibility. As a result of his devotion, he
    acquired immense strength and unparalleled knowledge of the Vedas, scriptures, and
    warfare. Sometimes power can turn into greed.

    Ravana’s half-brother Kubera was the God of wealth and the ruler of Lanka, Ravana
    filled with greed waged a was against his own half-brother and defeated him, seizing
    control of the magnificent city of Lanka. This event marked the beginning of Ravana’s
    rule over the kingdom, and it was during this time that he began to establish his
    reputation as a mighty but often ruthless ruler.

    Ravana continued to indulge in extreme meditation and this meant he continued to


    receive various boons from gods, one of the key boons was that he could not be killed
    by gods, demons, or spirits. But due to his arrogance he denied receiving the boon that
    he could not be killed by a human or animal and one day lived or didn’t really to regret
    it.

    Thanks to his boons Ravana believed he was invincible. He terrorized the three worlds:
    earth, heaven, and the underworld, causing chaos even among the gods. Due to his
    actions, there was no one who didn’t fear him.
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    The first incident that led to the events of Ravana’s death was when Ravana’s sister
    Surpanakha attempted to seduce Lord Ram while he was in exile with his wife, Sita, and
    brother, Lakshman. Lord Ram rejected Surpanakha’s advances and as she may have
    opposed a threat to Sita, Lakshman cut off her nose in retaliation. Enraged, Surpanakha
    sought Ravana’s help, she described Sita to him, and in anger he devised a plan to lure
    Lord Ram and Lakshman out of the establishment that they were living in with the help
    of a magical golden deer and then kidnap Sita and take her to Lanka, maybe marrying
    her to enrage Lord Ram.

    When Ram found out about this, he gathered an army of monkeys warriors led by
    Hanuman and went for war with Ravana. Ravana’s army was very strong but Rama’s
    divine purpose and Hanuman’s supernatural strength proved too much for them and
    Ravana’s son and brother Indrajit and Kumbhakarna were both killed among other;s
    from his family but he still didn’t let go of Sita.

    During the final battle between Ram and Ravana, both exquisite warriors, Ram took a
    blow at Ravana with the Brahmastra at his naval-his vulnerable spot. With this fatal
    blow, Ravana was finally defeated.

    Though Ravana is often depicted as a villain in the Ramayan, he was a learned scholar,
    a master of the arts, and a devout follower of Shiva, the reason for his unholy path was
    greed and pride, in fact, a tribe in Sri Lanka known as The Vedda and Rakha call
    themselves the direct descendants of Ravana and worship him like the son of God such
    as Jesus Christ.

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