He’s the villain of the Ramayana, the ten-headed tyrant king of Lanka, the abductor of Sita, and the archenemy of Ram. For centuries, Ravan has been enshrined in Indian cultural memory as a symbol of ...

Ravan, the man who we now call the ‘Demon King’ of Lanka because of his actions has haters and admirers. Haters because of his act of kidnapping Sita and admirers in the form of people who hail him as ...

Each year, Dussehra celebrates the destruction by fire of Ravana — Lanka's ten-headed king — in the ritual of Ravan Dahan. In 2025, the festival will fall on October 2, when giant effigies of Ravana ...

On Thursday, October 2, 2025, as the effigy of Ravana burns for Dussehra, it's easy to see him as a one-dimensional villain. But the ten heads of the demon king were not just a monstrous feature; they ...

According to locals, Bisrakh derives its name from Rishi Vishrava (also called Vishravas), the father of Ravan. They consider Ravan the "son of Bisrakh" and revere him for his wisdom and devotion to ...

Raavan's story has been obscured over centuries, appropriated and simplified to serve vested interests, including the political narratives that gained momentum after the demolition of the Babri Masjid ...

The village of Sangola in Akola district, India, has a unique tradition of worshiping the demon king Ravana. The village harbors a stone idol of Ravana, and on Dussehra and every Saturday, the idol ...

On Dussehra, a few days from now, effigies of Ravana will be burnt, but it is important to remember that, in the vast repository of India’s mythological and epical consciousness, few figures loom as ...