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 ...

Ravan is a favourite of Bollywood filmmakers. He is depicted variously. We have seen films where Ravan is depicted as a devotee of Shiva (bhakta-Ravan), singing hymns and pleasing the hermit-god in ...

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 ...