Sunela Jayewardene, celebrated as Sri Lanka’s foremost environmental architect, embarked on a journey through the heart of her homeland. She immersed herself in the narratives from the oral traditions ...

IN political Hinduism, Rama is a Hindu Ben Hur, a muscle-bound super-nationalist, vanquishing enemies of 'ram-rajya'. But the BJP denies it is anti-Ravana. Says party vice-president Kailashpati Mishra ...

In the vast tapestry of Indian mythology, few figures are as complex and controversial as Ravana. Known primarily as the ten-headed demon king of Lanka and the principal antagonist in the Ramayana, ...

Kambar’s Ramavatharam or Kamba Ramayanam with nearly 10,800 verses is one of the greatest literary works in Tamil, and is an impeccable showcase of Kambar’s mastery over poetic forms such as agaval, ...

Discover Shri Bilveshwar Nath Main Temple in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, believed to be the prayer site of Mandodari, Ravana's wife. Local legends link Meerut to Mandodari's father, Mayasura, leading some ...

That the character of Ravana has more dimensions than we have been led to believe by a blinkered retelling of the Ramayana over generations has now been acknowledged. It is precisely these nuances — ...

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 ...

Shiv Mandir in Uttar Pradesh's Bisrakh village is also identified as the Ravana temple While the country gears up to burn towering Ravana effigies on October 2, a village in Uttar Pradesh observes ...

Greater Noida: As towering effigies of Ravana are set to go up in flames across the country on October 2, the people of Bisrakh village near Greater Noida will mark Dussehra very differently. Here, ...