For thousands of years, the golden kingdom of Lanka described in the Ramayana has captured people’s imaginations. It was said ...

Namaḥ Śivāya ca Śivatarāya ca Salutations to Shiva, and to the One even more auspicious than Shiva Himself. Ravana. Just ...

We’re taught stories young, who’s good, who’s evil. Rama is the hero. Ravana is the villain. Case closed. But life doesn’t ...

"Ravana, the eternal king of Lanka, ever a devotee of Shiva, the eye of wisdom among poets — such is Ravana." Every year, towering effigies of Ravana go up in flames across India. Millions cheer as ...

Ravana, the ten-headed king of Lanka, is remembered as the archetypal villain of the Ramayana. Yet behind his fearsome ...

When people think of Ravana, they see the demon king with ten heads, Lanka’s ruler who abducted Sita and paid the price at ...

The legendary monarch of Lanka from the Ramayana, Ravana, is a prime illustration of the many ways that epic heroes are interpreted in India's vast cultural and mythological milieu. While the ...

With 'Ravana’s Lanka,' Sunela Jayewardene transforms the mythical past of Sri Lanka into a tangible, vivid exploration of history and legend.

4. How the Village Worships Ravana Today In contrast to much of India, which commemorates Ravana as the antagonist of the Ramayana, Bisrakh observes daily prayers in his behalf.

When one hears the name Ravana, the immediate image that arises in the collective consciousness is that of the villainous demon king of Lanka—the primary antagonist of the epic Ramayana. The ...