Famous for kidnapping Lord Ramas wife Maa Sita, Ravana was a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva and a Brahmin who could chant all the Vedas by heart.

Famous for kidnapping Lord Ramas wife Maa Sita, Ravana was a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva and a Brahmin who could chant all the Vedas by heart. Ravana was a descendant of ‘Surya Vansha’ of Hela Yakka, ancient Sinhala tribe. Ravana was one of the best fighters in Angampora, the traditional martial arts of ancient Sinhale. He was a great Scholar in Ayurvedic medicine. He was the person who invented “Arka Shastra”. The book “Arka Prakshaya” reveals this truth to the present world. He did research in Ayurvedic medicine and wrote several books revealing the cures for many diseases. In one of his books he wrote “Eating beef cause to infect ninety eight new diseases to human beings”. The book “Kumara Tantraya” which reveals the treatments for infant diseases was written by him accepting the request of his pregnant queen Mandodari. He was the author or Ravan Samhita.

The origin of violin is traced back to the Ravana Hatta, a stringed instrument played using a bow. King Ravana invented the bow of Violin. He also narrated very first Raagas, the musical compositions of Eastern classical music known as Lanka Dehena. Shiva Tandava Strotam is one of the great devotional compositions written by him, which is recited till date to soothe the anger of Shiva. He was the first king flew over the world with his aero plane, known as Dandumonaraya, Vimaanaya or Ahasthara. King Ravana continued a vegan oriented life style and was a real nature lover.

Ravana was a great scholar of the Vedas, a tapasvi, a classical musician, powerful warrior and in fact, the great grandson of Lord Brahma. His brother Kubera, is one of the devas. And even Lord Rama constructed a temple of Shiva in Rameshwaram to atone for having killed a Brahmin and a great devotee of Shiva. On his deathbed Ravana recited the lessons for running a kingdom to lord Rama and Lakshman.

Ravan had served great penance to Brahma and got boon for immortality. His only problem was arrogance and ego, he deserved to die for his actions and that his death is celebrated as a positive event does not make him “evil.” In fact, as Ravana lies dying on the battlefield, he asks for Rama’s forgiveness and is granted the same, along with entry into Vaikunta. It's also believed that Ravana and Kumbhakarna are incarnations of Vishnu’s guards Jaya and Vijaya, cursed to be born thrice on earth as brothers who hate Lord Vishnu (the other births being Hiranyaksha-Hiranyakshipu and Shishupala-Dantavakra). Since ravan could only be killed by anyone else, Shri Vishnu was born as Kshatriya king Rama to kill him. Amidst a plethora of facts, one thing remains constant, the immense strength, talent and devotion of Ravana, he was revered for his persona even today in Balidweepa, Malayadweep, Angadweepa, Kushadweepa, Gonda tribe of Maharashtra and Sri Lanka!

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