Ravana scorns Rambha’s appeal by saying, “Your argument only applies to women with one husband. Since the Apsaras have no actual husbands, I do not have to consider you in the light of such ...

The epic Ramayana portrays Ravana as an iniquitous king who abducted Sita and kept her captive — a vindictive king who invited battle and fury to the land with his lust, overpowering his ...

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 ...

A son of Greater Delhi Ravana, the legendary ruler of Lanka, is one of the most complex figures in Hindu mythology. Best known as the ten-headed demon king from the […] ...

K Venkatappa (1886–1965), who belonged to the traditional family of royal painters of Mysore, had studied art in Kolkata between 1909 and 1916. He must have seen Jatayu Vadha of Ravi Varma at ...

Ravana’s wife Mandodari who confronts the king about his fondness for Sita after she looses her son Meghdoot in the war, is shown as a strong woman. “The play shows that women of the ancient ...

When Lord Rama killed Ravana, who was on his last breath, Rama instructed his brother Lakshmana to go to Ravana and learn the art of statecraft and diplomacy from the dying demon king. 8.

A PhD holder in Ravana Chhaya, he says improvisation is important to keep the art form alive without changing its traditional elements. Dash, who retired as the HoD of Odia department of Ravenshaw ...