Ravana

= **Ravana** =

A little About Ravana Ravana is a twenty armed 10 headed demon. Ravana is the king of all media type="youtube" key="qJbPBg7t9Ok" height="253" width="292" align="right"demons. There are some temples where Ravana is worshipped. Ravana is said to be the most revered devotee of Lord Shiva. Ravana is often seen with Lord Shiva. Ravana is the emporer of three Worlds.

Family Ravana has a large family. He has 6 brothers and 2 sisters. Ravana had 3 wives and 7 children. He had two parents. He also had 2 grandparents.

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Festivals

Ravanas festival is the Dusserha festival. This festival is also known as vijayadashmi. Vijayadashmi means victory on the tenth day. The festival celebrates the victory of Shakti over Mahishasura and also when Rama killed Ravana. This year t will be celebrated on October 6.

Myth Ravana gave up his 10 heads in the havan kund for pleasing. Because of this Lord Shiva gave his ten heads back to him and gave him immortality and invincibility. Ravana asks Shiva t come with him to Lanka. Shiva accepted and turned himself into a ling. Shiva told ravana to carry him but not put him down on the ground. Ravana went south. Ravana saw a shephard and gave him the ling to hold because he thought the ling was heavy. The shephard put the ling down and it will stay there forever. The ling is in the forn of an ardhinarishwar.

Symbols Ravana's symbols are a sword, a pithfork, and a bow and arrow. Ravana holds all of these symbols in his many hands(20 hands). All of the symbols that I have found are weapons that he holds.

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