#Ravana

[alexasharpe-art]

DANCE TO THE SONG OF RINGING STEEL 🦋

[bhrm555]

The great battle between Rama and Ravana c 1780, Guler style, Pahari

[zeherili-ankhein]

Some of y'all are not ready for this conversations... (PART – 1)

1. There was no Sita Swayamvar in reality. Ram just went, broke the bow and Janak decided “yooo son-in-law who?”

2. Mandavi and Shrutakirti (or rather Bharat and Shatrughan's wives) doesn't exists... Even if they did they weren't named such. And Urmila was very briefly mentioned (that also without a proper name)

3. There was no thing called Lakshman Rekha (that story came from Bengal's Krittibasi Ramayan by Krittibas Ojha)

4. Hanuman is not supposed to be a monkey. Non of the Vanar(s) are.

5. There were no Ahiravan or Mahiravan in the actual Ramayan.

6. Ravan. Was. A. Fucking. Rapist. (Honestly if I see one more Ravan was mahan post I'll beat up your family)

7. Ravan gave zero fucks about Surpanakhaa. She needed to lie in order to get him to abduct Sita.

8. Ravan kidnapped Sita purely because of his own lust and nothing else. Also no he wasn't all kind, gentle and respectful towards Sita. He threatened to kill her a lot of times.

9. Ram was mascular as hell.

10. AHALYA. WAS. NOT. A. VICTIM. (my Gods!! Stop giving Indra the L for this one perticular incident, he already got enough. He was in wrong too yes, but it was a well consented from both parties affair. Ahalya very well knew it was Indra disguised as her husband.)

Uhhh.... That's it. That's part 1 ig... I think I'll make more parts later when I get more motivation.

[meghavahana]

[devidamya]

I saw this picture somewhere and thought it would fit perfectly in this context.

Lakshman: Brother Ram- it's Ravana- he-

Rama: Shh... First take a deep breath and tell me, dear brother, where is my Sita?

Lakshman: Hyperventilates *sweats profusely* sh-she's been abducte-

Rama: *SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTS 108 OTHER UNIVERSES*

[vaidehi-raghunatha]

Jai Shree Ram

[sivavakkiyar]

Vivek Narayanan, from After

[forgotten-bharat]

Ramayan in one picture 🚩

[niharikaaa2]

How are we feeling about this one fam?

[nshi-ao3]

"You of all people should understand!"

[heartberryblue]

[h0bg0blin-meat]

Hanuman, to Ravan: Can I have a seat?

Ravan: *cracks up* What makes you think so?

Hanuman: *shrugs* Touche.

Hanuman: *expands his tail and coils it on the floor to create a seat for himself that is higher than the seat of Ravan's throne and sits on it, smirking*

Ravan:

Hanuman: So anyways-

[blackknight-100]

Going to just say it because I saw a bunch of YouTube videos this is seriously getting out of hand. Every time I see someone saying things like "oh no <insert opinion> is invalid because it's a later addition/interpretation!" I lose faith in humanity because people do realise right, that the Mahabharata and Ramayana at large are and have been passed down by word of mouth, and most people don't read KMG or BORI or Valmiki Ramayana? And these books came much later (BORI, for instance, was published in the 20th century), so it's not like they were accessible to the vast majority of people throughout the ages in the middle, or even now to those who can't read or don't have internet. People told tales about the characters of MB and RMYN, and yes, they added new things, which became a part of folklore and incorporated the struggles of the locals, because most literature and oral traditions are a mirror of the society. So everytime a folkloric opinion is dismissed because it's not "in the original version", we are effectively dismissing the history of those people and the fluid nature of storytelling. And yes, this includes TV and media - they are absolutely influenced by current political situations and mass opinions.

That being said, some people are waaaay too obsessed with whitewashing their MB blorbos or obsessing about Ravana and it's ruining the environment. WHY ARE PEOPLE TRYING TO WHITEWASH RAVANA? In most versions everyone hated him. There is probably NO ONE in all of Lanka who wanted him to win. The only reason Mandodari was supposed to be devoted is because Mandodari was his wife and the only way to represent good women, as we all know, is to make them good wives.

As for MB, any major male character, except the sages maybe and the last generation of Kurus, 90% of the time has something awful in their resume. And you know what? Good for them! LET THEM COMMIT CRIMES IN PEACE GOOD GODS.

[zeherili-ankhein]

Headcanon:

Vibhishan would have to tolerate Kumbhkaran and Ravan's aggressive and sometimes violent arguments over Ravan's shitty decisions from his late teens to his adulthood.

He would usually side with Kumbhkaran (who in my retelling was the only guy he could talk to because he was the only other guy who disliked Ravan's assholic behavior) but also like try to calm them down and come to a based conclusion.

Kumbhkaran: YOU HAVE HORSHSHIT FOR A BRAIN. Ravan: TF DID YOU JUST SAY??? Vibhishan: Guys please!

Sometimes V wouldn't even come out of his room because of this, but Kumbh would at times call him out to support him, and then he has to go.

Also Kumbhkaran was the only person who was protective of his lil bro against Ravan. Whenever Ravan yells at V Kumbh yells back at him. "Don't you dare talk to him like that!"

V also would have to deal with Kumbhkaran ranting about his fights to him aggressively and he'd just have to be his unpaid therapist (not that he didn't appreciate Kumbh's venting but at some point it gets annoying yanno)

So when Ravan banishes Vibhishan Kumbh tries to argue with him but Ravan wouldn't budge. V was already intending on leaving but he wanted Kumbh to join him. However, he was skeptical because even though Kumbh would talk shit about Ravan he'd still be awfully loyal to him.

The night before leaving he asks Kumbhkaran to join him but in this hc Kumbh knew he was destined to be killed by Ram along with Ravan so he refuses. V is heartbroken and so is Kumbh. the latter asks him to win this thing, because that is the only way this whole shitshow would end. V starts crying and Kumbh tears up too. He also says V better be prepared cuz he will not hold back in the war against him. He says that he'll love him forever, even if he doesn't feel the same for him atp. V is even more conflicted, mad at his brother as well, but respects his decision and leaves next morning.

HELP OMG 😭😭😭😭😭

*I typed in big words to show how much I am screaming*

ALL OF THIS IS SO TRUE MAN 😭😭😭😭

ALSO ALSO It became even harder for him to stay with Ravan when Kumbh was given that curse boon to fall asleep so now he got so much less time with Kumbh supporting him and having his back and Ravan being a jerk towards him

Also nothing else helped because Ravan was like unstoppable and getting even more bigraelu with their grandpa supporting him so V adn Kumbh were kind of the only persons and nobidy could tell anything to Kumbh cuz well he's still strong but V is not so strong so he was the black sheep always

HELP WHY IS EVERYTHING SO SAD 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Also V had so much heartbreak while telling the Vanar and co. about how to kill Kumbh like that's him brother but ATP that's his enemy and he's loyal to Ram but that's him brother but that's his enemy but that's his brother but that's him enem- sigh

[arach-tinilith]

Also I got my hands on the kiss mod😈

[rrcraft-and-lore]

Vimana?

What is it?

Well, put simply, they are the mythical flying "chariots" out of the South Asian epics. Though, interestingly enough, the earliest mentions of them specifically exclude mentions of horses//being horse drawn.

They are entirely self moving. The word means to traverse, traverse/measure out.

In the ancient epics, they were as large as some palaces, and sometimes listed as a palace (for a character in the epics) and interesting is the evolution of the word today from the days of the epics to where it now means airship/craft.

In the Ramayama, the character and villain, Ravana (inspiration for Rahvin for you WoT fans), has a vimana described as: resembling the Sun, and a chariot able to traverse anywhere and everywhere, resembling a bright cloud, and by command, could go into the atmosphere.

Vimana can travel the skies at insane speed, and notably rain down fire and weapons of mass destruction in battles. Idk about you, but that sounds like some space ship level stuff.

Maybe Stargate was onto something. :SG1 MUSIC INTENSIFIES:

Viman can be shaped into many ways, however. One story tells of a flowery Viman shaped like an eagle that Lord Vishnu sent down to carry the soul of one person up to heaven. Important to also note that Eagles are important in the mythos as they are associated with Garuda a deity and divine bird being who is eagle-like (like not 1-1), as well as often related to a kite (the bird) and yes, the toy that flies through the air is derived in name from the bird. Anyways, Garuda is the mount of Lord Vishnu, and so through him eagles also have a level of high prominence - another example is Shyena, the divine eagle associated with Agni (god of fire).

Anyways circling back to Vimana, some could go invisible (cloaking engaged). But, yeah, read the South Asian epics and myths, there is mind blowingly cool stuff in them.