FACTS ABOUT RAVANA

Do you know that sita ji was the daughter of Ravana??
Do you know that Ravana and kumhkarna were the vaikunth gaurd?
Do you know that why Ravana was unable to force his will of marry on Sita ji?
Do you know avatars of Ravana?
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Following his initial training, Ravana performed an intense penance to Brahma, lasting several years. Pleased with his tapasya Brahma offered him a boon. Ravana asked for immortality, which Brahma refused. Ravana then asked for absolute invulnerability and supremacy before gods and heavenly spirits, other demons, serpents and wild beasts. Contemptuous of mortal men, he did not ask for protection from them. Brahma granted him these boons, and additionally great strength by way of knowledge of divine weapons and sorcery.

King of Lanka

Totsakanth (Ravana)'s sculpture as a guardian of Wat Phra
Thailand

After winning these boons, Ravana sought out his grandfather, Sumali, and assumed leadership over his army. He then set his sights on Lanka.

Lanka was an idyllic city, created by the celestial architect Vishwakrmafor Kubera, the treasurer of the Gods. Kubera was also the son of Vishrava, and had generously shared all that he owned with Kaikesi's children. Ravana however, demanded Lanka wholly from him, threatening to take it by force. Vishrava advised Kubera to give it up to him, as Ravana was now undefeatable.

While Ravana usurped Lanka to begin with, he was nevertheless regarded as a benevolent and effective ruler. Lanka flourished under his rule - it is said the poorest of houses had vessels of gold to eat and drink off, and hunger was unknown in the kingdom.

Women

Ravana kidnapping Sita and killing Jatayu- By Raja Ravi Varma

Ravana was known for his virility as well and his aggressive conquests of women. Ravana had several wives, foremost of whom was Mandodri- daughter of Mayasura and an Apsaranamed Hema. Mandodari was renowned for her wisdom and grace as well as beauty and chastity. She is often compared to Sita, one of the most beautiful woman described in Indian mythology, for her beauty. In addition to his wives, Ravana maintained a harem of incredible size, populated with women whom he captured in his many conquests, many of them accepted and lived happily in his harem for his great manhood, power and knowledge in every direction. Ravana forced himself upon any woman who rejected his advances. Two significant encounters occurred that would shape the course of the Ramayana.

The first was the molestation of the sage-womanVedavati. Vedavati had been performing penance with the intention of winning Lord Vishnu for a husband. Ravana met her at her hermitage, her beauty enhanced by the austerities she had performed. She, however, rejected his advances. Ravana proceeded to forcibly take her, upon which she prophesied that she would return to the mortal world as the cause of his death. She then created a pyre and let herself be consumed in it. She was then born again as Ravana's and Mandodari's daughter. However, Ravana was foretold before his marriage with Mandodari that his first child would be the cause of his death. In order to save himself, he sent Subahu to kill the child as soon as it was born. Subahu was unable to kill the baby girl, and lied to Ravana that he had killed the baby. The baby was then found. Sita grew up and married Rama thus becoming Vishnu's (as Rama) wife, and the cause of Ravana's defeat.

The second was his encounter with the apsara Rambha, upon whom he forced himself. Rambha was betrothed to Kubera's son, but her plea that she was like a daughter to him did not deter Ravana. Angered at this, Kubera's son cursed Ravana, stating that his ten heads would fall off his head if he forced himself upon any woman from that point. This curse is said to have protected Sita's chastity while she was Ravana's captive for nearly a year.

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART

The Ramayana is not the only religious scripture that views Ravana as evil.

In the Bhgavata Purana ,Ravana and his brother,Kumbakarna were said to be reincarnations of Jaya and Vijaya, gatekeepers atVaikuntha, the abode ofVishnu and were cursed to be born in Earth for their insolence.

These gatekeepers refused entry to theSanatha Kumara monks, who, because of their powers and austerity appeared as young children. For their insolence, the monks cursed them to be expelled from Vaikunta and to be born in Earth. The all-merciful Vishnu agreed that they should be punished but agreed to mitigate their curse. He asked them whether they would want to be undergo seven births as devotees of Vishnu or three births as enemies of the Lord. Since they wanted to get back as soon as possible, they agreed to be born in three births as enemies of God.

In the first birth, Jaya and Vijaya were born asHiranyakashipu andHiranyaksha. Vishnu incarnated as Varah and Narshima killed them both. InTreta Yuga they were born as Ravana and Kumbhakarna and were killed by Rama. Then in Dwapara yuga, and in their final birth, Jaya and Vijaya they were born as Shishupala and Dantavakra and killed by SriKrishna. After the end of three births, they returned to Vaikunta.

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